US Patent No: 6,306,144

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

Selective coating of a balloon catheter with lubricious material for stent deployment

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Abstract

A predetermined arrangement of differentially lubricious areas on a balloon catheter for controlling against unexpected movement of a stent carried thereon when in situ in the body.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.MAPLE GROVE, MN4439

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Belovi, Annette Watertown, MA 5 126
Madenjian, Arthur R Winchester, MA 12 542
Seiber, Russ Brookline, MA 6 126
Sydney, Gregory T Sharon, MA 11 236

Cited Art

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. (10)
4,921,483 Angioplasty catheter 267 1987
4,952,357 Method of making a polyimide balloon catheter 127 1988
5,032,113 Innerless catheter 155 1989
5,135,516 Lubricious antithrombogenic catheters, guidewires and coatings 192 1989
5,209,730 Method for placement of a balloon dilatation catheter across a stenosis and apparatus therefor 85 1989
5,100,381 Angioplasty catheter 103 1990
5,693,014 Balloon catheter 54 1995
5,490,839 Catheter balloon with retraction coating 87 1995
5,766,201 Expandable catheter 37 1995
6,187,013 Catheter with stent and method for the production of a catheter with stent 32 1996
 
CORDIS CORPORATION (2)
4,636,346 Preparing guiding catheter 274 1985
5,041,100 Catheter and hydrophilic, friction-reducing coating thereon 137 1989
 
MEDTRONIC AVE, INC. (2)
5,108,416 Stent introducer system 357 1990
5,135,487 Balloon dilatation catheter with integral guidewire 49 1991
 
MEDTRONIC, INC. (2)
5,487,730 Balloon catheter with balloon surface retention means 111 1994
5,913,871 Balloon modification for improved stent fixation and deployment 47 1996
 
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (2)
5,229,211 Medical device for insertion into a body 38 1991
5,503,631 Lubricious catheter balloon for vasodilation 49 1993
 
ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. (1)
5,074,845 Catheter with heat-fused balloon with waist 106 1991
 
ANGIODYNAMICS, INC. (1)
5,643,278 Stent delivery system 108 1995
 
APPALOOSA MANAGEMENT L.P. (1)
4,889,744 Method for making open-cell, silicone-elastomer medical implant 128 1988
 
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION (1)
5,746,745 Balloon catheter 87 1996
 
CORVITA CORPORATION (1)
5,019,090 Radially expandable endoprosthesis and the like 664 1988
 
FOGARTY, THOMAS J. (1)
5,830,217 Soluble fixation device and method for stent delivery catheters 106 1996
 
LATHROTEC, INC. (1)
5,120,322 Method and apparatus for treatment of fibrotic lesions 140 1990
 
UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY (1)
5,135,474 Hepatic bypass catheter 76 1990
 
OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (2)
4,465,072 Needle catheter 99 1983
5,232,444 Dilatation catheter 230 1991

Patent Citation Ranking

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Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. (42)
6,635,078 Coated stents with better gripping ability 7 2000
6,610,068 Non-flush over-the-wire catheter devices 15 2000
6,458,138 Selective coating of a balloon catheter with lubricious material for stent deployment 22 2001
6,890,348 Selective coating of a balloon catheter with lubricious material for stent deployment 11 2002
6,841,213 Fiber pattern printing 15 2002
7,476,214 Selective coating of a balloon catheter with lubricious material for stent deployment 1 2004
7,459,192 Fiber pattern printing 7 2004
8,089,029 Bioabsorbable metal medical device and method of manufacture 0 2006
8,043,673 Method to make tube-in-tube balloon 1 2006
8,187,620 Medical devices comprising a porous metal oxide or metal material and a polymer coating for delivering therapeutic agents 0 2006
8,048,150 Endoprosthesis having a fiber meshwork disposed thereon 1 2006
8,067,054 Stents with ceramic drug reservoir layer and methods of making and using the same 0 2007
7,976,915 Endoprosthesis with select ceramic morphology 0 2007
8,002,823 Endoprosthesis coating 0 2007
7,942,926 Endoprosthesis coating 0 2007
7,931,683 Articles having ceramic coated surfaces 5 2007
8,052,743 Endoprosthesis with three-dimensional disintegration control 0 2007
8,353,949 Medical devices with drug-eluting coating 0 2007
8,052,744 Medical devices and methods of making the same 0 2007
8,052,745 Endoprosthesis 0 2007
8,002,821 Bioerodible metallic ENDOPROSTHESES 3 2007
8,128,689 Bioerodible endoprosthesis with biostable inorganic layers 0 2007
8,057,534 Bioerodible endoprostheses and methods of making the same 2 2007
7,981,150 Endoprosthesis with coatings 1 2007
8,216,632 Endoprosthesis coating 0 2007
8,029,554 Stent with embedded material 1 2007
7,938,855 Deformable underlayer for stent 1 2007
8,080,055 Bioerodible endoprostheses and methods of making the same 0 2007
8,431,149 Coated medical devices for abluminal drug delivery 0 2008
8,070,797 Medical device with a porous surface for delivery of a therapeutic agent 1 2008
7,998,192 Endoprostheses 0 2008
8,236,046 Bioerodible endoprosthesis 0 2008
8,221,822 Medical device coating by laser cladding 0 2008
7,985,252 Bioerodible endoprosthesis 0 2008
8,382,824 Medical implant having NANO-crystal grains with barrier layers of metal nitrides or fluorides 0 2008
8,071,156 Endoprostheses 0 2009
8,287,937 Endoprosthese 0 2009
8,231,980 Medical implants including iridium oxide 0 2009
8,267,992 Self-buffering medical implants 0 2010
8,066,763 Drug-releasing stent with ceramic-containing layer 0 2010
8,157,854 Method and system for delivery of coated implants 0 2010
8,168,275 Tube-in-tube balloon 0 2011
 
LUTONIX, INC. (10)
8,414,909 Drug releasing coatings for medical devices 0 2007
8,414,525 Drug releasing coatings for medical devices 0 2008
8,425,459 Medical device rapid drug releasing coatings comprising a therapeutic agent and a contrast agent 0 2008
8,414,526 Medical device rapid drug releasing coatings comprising oils, fatty acids, and/or lipids 0 2008
8,430,055 Methods and apparatuses for coating balloon catheters 0 2009
8,414,910 Drug releasing coatings for medical devices 0 2010
8,403,910 Drug releasing coatings for medical devices 0 2011
8,404,300 Drug releasing coatings for medical devices 0 2011
8,366,660 Drug releasing coatings for medical devices 0 2011
8,366,662 Drug releasing coatings for medical devices 0 2011
 
WYETH (6)
7,261,735 Local drug delivery devices and methods for maintaining the drug coatings thereon 45 2001
8,303,609 Coated medical devices 0 2001
7,195,640 Coated medical devices for the treatment of vulnerable plaque 53 2002
7,300,662 Drug/drug delivery systems for the prevention and treatment of vascular disease 8 2004
8,236,048 Drug/drug delivery systems for the prevention and treatment of vascular disease 0 2004
8,182,527 Heparin barrier coating for controlled drug release 0 2004
 
CORDIS CORPORATION (3)
7,223,286 Local delivery of rapamycin for treatment of proliferative sequelae associated with PTCA procedures, including delivery using a modified stent 14 2004
7,229,473 Local delivery of rapamycin for treatment of proliferative sequelae associated with PTCA procedures, including delivery using a modified stent 15 2006
7,217,286 Local delivery of rapamycin for treatment of proliferative sequelae associated with PTCA procedures, including delivery using a modified stent 8 2006
 
ABBOTT LABORATORIES (2)
8,057,813 Multiple drug delivery from a balloon and a prosthesis 0 2005
8,431,145 Multiple drug delivery from a balloon and a prosthesis 0 2009
 
HOLLISTER INCORPORATED (2)
8,323,255 Bowel management system 0 2009
8,123,732 Bowel management system 0 2009
 
MEDIPLEX CORPORATION, KOREA (2)
6,702,850 Multi-coated drug-eluting stent for antithrombosis and antirestenosis 46 2002
7,638,158 Drug release from antithrombogenic multi-layer coated stent 0 2004
 
ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC. (1)
7,981,244 Catheter balloon having impregnated balloon skirt sections 1 2006
 
ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. (1)
7,025,752 Reduced slippage balloon catheter and method of using same 13 2002
 
APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION (1)
8,287,503 Balloon trocar 0 2007
 
CARDEON CORPORATION (1)
6,585,689 Aortic catheter and methods for inducing cardioplegic arrest and for selective aortic perfusion 8 2000
 
NIPRO CORPORATION (1)
7,407,507 Balloon catheter suited to kissing techniques 3 2004
 
REMON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (1)
8,303,643 Method and device for electrochemical formation of therapeutic species in vivo 0 2010
 
STRYKER NV OPERATIONS LIMITED (1)
7,338,511 Solid embolic material with variable expansion 1 2002

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