Inventor
HELMUS MICHAEL N
US43 patents
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SCHNEIDER USA INC
17 patentsUS6358556B1Mar 19, 2002
Drug release stent coating
SCHNEIDER USA INC886 citations99
US6284305B1Sep 4, 2001
Drug coating with topcoat
SCHNEIDER USA INC389 citations99
US6265016B1Jul 24, 2001
Process for the preparation of slippery, tenaciously adhering, hydrophilic polyurethane hydrogel coatings, coated polymer and metal substrate materials, and coated medical devices
SCHNEIDER USA INC168 citations99
US6129704AOct 10, 2000
Perfusion balloon catheter having a magnetically driven impeller
SCHNEIDER USA INC188 citations99
US6120536ASep 19, 2000
Medical devices with long term non-thrombogenic coatings
SCHNEIDER USA INC1,058 citations99
US6120904ASep 19, 2000
Medical device coated with interpenetrating network of hydrogel polymers
SCHNEIDER USA INC655 citations99
US6099562AAug 8, 2000
Drug coating with topcoat
SCHNEIDER USA INC1,412 citations99
US6080488AJun 27, 2000
Process for preparation of slippery, tenaciously adhering, hydrophilic polyurethane hydrogel coating, coated polymer and metal substrate materials, and coated medical devices
SCHNEIDER USA INC534 citations99
US6017577AJan 25, 2000
Slippery, tenaciously adhering hydrophilic polyurethane hydrogel coatings, coated polymer substrate materials, and coated medical devices
SCHNEIDER USA INC251 citations99
US5849368ADec 15, 1998
Process for hydrophilicization of hydrophobic polymers
SCHNEIDER USA INC169 citations99
US5837313ANov 17, 1998
Drug release stent coating process
SCHNEIDER USA INC1,289 citations99
US5662960ASep 2, 1997
Process for producing slippery, tenaciously adhering hydrogel coatings containing a polyurethane-urea polymer hydrogel commingled with a poly (n-vinylpyrrolidone) polymer hydrogel
SCHNEIDER USA INC190 citations99
US5576072ANov 19, 1996
Process for producing slippery, tenaciously adhering hydrogel coatings containing a polyurethane-urea polymer hydrogel commingled with at least one other, dissimilar polymer hydrogel
SCHNEIDER USA INC234 citations99
US5569197AOct 29, 1996
Drug delivery guidewire
SCHNEIDER USA INC449 citations99
US6040058AMar 21, 2000
Slippery, tenaciously adhering hydrophilic polyurethane hydrogel coatings, coated metal substrate materials, and coated medical devices
SCHNEIDER USA INC40 citations96
US6030656AFeb 29, 2000
Process for the preparation of slippery, tenaciously adhering, hydrophilic polyurethane hydrogel coatings, coated metal substrate materials, and coated medical devices
SCHNEIDER USA INC56 citations96
US5505699AApr 9, 1996
Angioplasty device
SCHNEIDER USA INC69 citations96
BOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC
8 patentsUS6620194B2Sep 16, 2003
Drug coating with topcoat
BOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC117 citations99
US7483732B2Jan 27, 2009
Magnetic resonance imaging of a medical device and proximate body tissue
BOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC37 citations92
US7709439B2May 4, 2010
Biomaterials for enhanced healing
BOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC12 citations79
US7108685B2Sep 19, 2006
Patch stabilization of rods for treatment of cardiac muscle
BOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC8 citations74
US7666179B2Feb 23, 2010
Medical devices having porous regions for controlled therapeutic agent exposure or delivery
BOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC6 citations72
US7195776B2Mar 27, 2007
Patch stabilization of rods for treatment of cardiac muscle
BOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC4 citations63
US7767220B2Aug 3, 2010
Implantable or insertable medical articles having covalently modified, biocompatible surfaces
BOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC6 citations62
US7625552B2Dec 1, 2009
Bioactive polymers for imparting bioactive character to hydrophobic medical article surfaces
BOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC2 citations60
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP
5 patentsUS7214344B2May 8, 2007
Method for treatment of biological tissues to mitigate post-implantation calcification and thrombosis
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP82 citations97
US6547827B2Apr 15, 2003
Method for fixation of biological tissues having mitigated propensity for post-implantation calcification and thrombosis and bioprosthetic devices prepared thereby
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP116 citations97
US6214054B1Apr 10, 2001
Method for fixation of biological tissues having mitigated propensity for post-implantation calcification and thrombosis and bioprosthetic devices prepared thereby
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP102 citations97
US6991804B2Jan 31, 2006
Delivery systems for periadventitial delivery for treatment of restenosis and anastomotic intimal hyperplasia
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP102 citations96
US6730313B2May 4, 2004
Delivery systems for periadventitial delivery for treatment of restenosis and anastomotic intimal hyperplasia
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP78 citations96