Joseph A Ferraro

US Patent:

6616876, Sep 9, 2003

Filed:

Oct 3, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/678765

Inventors:

Roger Labrecque - Dracut MA
Joseph Ferraro - Londonderry NH
Tom Swanick - Nashua NH
Paul Martakos - Pelham NH

Assignee:

Atrium Medical Corporation - Hudson NH

International Classification:

B29B 1110

US Classification:

264119, 264109, 264126, 264127, 264134, 264291, 264343

Abstract:

The invention is directed to methods involving rewetting of expandable polymers with a wettable liquid to allow for enhanced expansion at or below room temperature without breakage, and in some cases, allows one to achieve a greater expansion ratio than that allowed at elevated temperatures using known methods. The present invention also allows one to achieve material with unique properties and handling characteristics. These properties included decreased material thickness, increased density, an altered node/fibril morphology, and a more consistent web in the case of flat material. This method is not limited to room temperature conditions and can be applied whenever the expandable polymer material is wet with a wettable liquid, and the expansion is performed at a temperature preferably below the vaporization or boiling points of that liquid.

US Patent:

D622127, Aug 24, 2010

Filed:

Apr 21, 2009

Appl. No.:

29/314708

Inventors:

Joseph J. Ferraro - Melrose MA, US

International Classification:

0806

US Classification:

D 8307

US Patent:

8001922, Aug 23, 2011

Filed:

Sep 28, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/238554

Inventors:

Roger Labrecque - Londonderry NH, US
Geoffrey Moodie - Hudson NH, US
Joseph Ferraro - Londonderry NH, US
Lisa Rogers - Londonderry NH, US
Paul Martakos - Pelham NH, US
Theodore Karwoski - Hudson NH, US
Steve A. Herweck - Nashua NH, US
Suzanne Conroy - Dracut MA, US
Brian Sunter - Londonderry NH, US
Georgette Henrich - Dracut MA, US

Assignee:

Atrium Medical Corporation - Hudson NH

International Classification:

B05C 1/00

US Classification:

118200, 427 21, 427 224

Abstract:

Devices for the provision of a coating on an implantable medical device are provided. The coating includes a bio-absorbable carrier component. In addition to the bio-absorbable carrier component, a therapeutic agent component can also be provided. The devices provide a coating having improved uniformity and coverage which in turn allow for greater control of the amount and dosage of the coating.

US Patent:

8021331, Sep 20, 2011

Filed:

Oct 14, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/250768

Inventors:

Steve A. Herweck - Nashua NH, US
Paul Martakos - Pelham NH, US
Geoffrey Moodie - Hudson NH, US
Roger Labrecque - Londonderry NH, US
Theodore Karwoski - Hollis NH, US
Trevor Carlton - Hudson NH, US
Lisa Rogers - Londonderry NH, US
Joseph Ferraro - Londonderry NH, US

Assignee:

Atrium Medical Corporation - Hudson NH

International Classification:

A61M 37/00
A61M 31/00

US Classification:

60410308, 60410302

Abstract:

A non-polymeric or biological coating applied to a radially expandable interventional medical device in a collapsed, wrapped, or folded configuration. Properties of the coating material applied to the medical device are adjusted or varied to result in a desired combination of coverage of the surface of the medical device, drug loading, and coating thickness. The coating is sterile, and is capable of being carried by a sterile medical device to a targeted tissue location within the body following radial expansion. The therapeutic coating transfers off the medical device due in part to a biological attraction with the tissue and in part to a physical transference from the medical device to the targeted tissue location in contact with the medical device.

US Patent:

8124127, Feb 28, 2012

Filed:

Oct 16, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/582135

Inventors:

Keith M. Faucher - Nashua NH, US
Hui Tang - Acton MA, US
Lisa Rogers - Londonderry NH, US
Joseph Ferraro - Londonderry NH, US
Paul Martakos - Pelham NH, US
Steve A. Herweck - Nashua NH, US
Theodore Karwoski - Hollis NH, US

Assignee:

Atrium Medical Corporation - Hudson NH

International Classification:

A61K 9/00
A61F 2/00

US Classification:

424484, 424425, 424426

Abstract:

Coatings for medical devices, methods of making the coatings, and methods of using them are described.

US Patent:

8263102, Sep 11, 2012

Filed:

Sep 28, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/236908

Inventors:

Roger Labrecque - Londonderry NH, US
Geoffrey Moodie - Hudson NH, US
Joseph Ferraro - Londonderry NH, US
Lisa Rogers - Londonderry NH, US
Paul Martakos - Pelham NH, US
Theodore Karwoski - Hollis NH, US
Steve A. Herweck - Nashua NH, US

Assignee:

Atrium Medical Corporation - Hudson NH

International Classification:

A61F 2/00
A61K 9/00

US Classification:

424423, 424484, 424425, 424426

Abstract:

A coated medical device an a method of providing a coating on an implantable medical device result in a medical device having a bio-absorbable coating. The coating includes a bio-absorbable carrier component. In addition to the bio-absorbable carrier component, a therapeutic agent component can also be provided. The coated medical device is implantable in a patient to effect controlled delivery of the coating, including the therapeutic agent, to the patient.

US Patent:

8308684, Nov 13, 2012

Filed:

May 6, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/102876

Inventors:

Steve A. Herweck - Nashua NH, US
Paul Martakos - Pelham NH, US
Geoffrey Moodie - Hudson NH, US
Roger Labrecque - Londonderry NH, US
Theodore Karwoski - Hollis NH, US
Trevor Carlton - Hudson NH, US
Lisa Rogers - Londonderry NH, US
Joseph Ferraro - Londonderry NH, US

Assignee:

Atrium Medical Corporation - Hudson NH

International Classification:

A61M 37/00
A61M 31/00

US Classification:

60410308, 60410302

Abstract:

A non-polymeric or biological coating applied to a radially expandable interventional medical device in a collapsed, wrapped, or folded configuration, the coating applied within at least one fold. Properties of the coating material applied to the medical device are adjusted or varied to result in a desired combination of coverage of the surface of the medical device, drug loading, and coating thickness. The coating is sterile, and is capable of being carried by a sterile medical device to a targeted tissue location within the body following radial expansion. The therapeutic coating transfers off the medical device due in part to a biological attraction with the tissue and in part to a physical transference from the medical device to the targeted tissue location in contact with the medical device.

US Patent:

8367099, Feb 5, 2013

Filed:

Sep 22, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/525390

Inventors:

Steve A. Herweck - Nashua NH, US
Thomas M. Swanick - Hillsborough NH, US
Joseph Ferraro - Londonderry NH, US
Paul Martakos - Pelham NH, US
Lisa Rogers - Londonderry NH, US
Theodore Karwoski - Hollis NH, US
Keith M. Faucher - Nashua NH, US
Philip McNamara - Concord NH, US
Roger Labrecque - Londonderry NH, US
Suzanne Conroy - Dracut MA, US
Trevor Carlton - Hudson NH, US

Assignee:

Atrium Medical Corporation - Hudson NH

International Classification:

A61L 15/16

US Classification:

424447

Abstract:

A bio-absorbable stand-alone film is derived at least in part from fatty acids. The bio-absorbable stand-alone film can have anti-adhesive, anti-inflammatory, non-inflammatory, and wound healing properties, and can additionally include one or more therapeutic agents incorporated therein. The stand-alone film has one or more perforations or depressions formed therein. Corresponding methods of making the bio-absorbable stand-alone film with one or more perforations or depressions include molding, cutting, carving, puncturing or otherwise suitable methods to create the perforations or depressions in the bio-absorbable stand-alone film. The resulting stand-alone film is bioabsorbable.