The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventors:
John Neilan, Gort, IE;
Syed A. M. Tofail, Castletroy, IE;
Rabah Mouras, Annacotty, IE;
Christophe Silien, Co. Limerick, IE;
Aladin Mani, Co. Limerick, IE;
David Murray, Co. Limerick, IE;
Assignee:
COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/21 (2006.01); A61L 31/08 (2006.01); A61L 31/16 (2006.01); A61L 29/16 (2006.01); G01B 9/04 (2006.01); G01B 11/06 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/21 (2013.01); A61L 29/16 (2013.01); A61L 31/08 (2013.01); A61L 31/16 (2013.01); G01B 9/04 (2013.01); G01B 11/0641 (2013.01); G02B 21/0092 (2013.01); A61L 2300/416 (2013.01); A61L 2300/606 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to methods for determining the presence and distribution of a polarization active material present in a coating. In one embodiment, the coating is present on an implantable device, for example an implantable stent.