Patrick W Mccarthy

Address:

PO Box 61533, Palm Bay, FL 32906

VIN:

1N6BA06A57N200680

Make:

NISSAN

Model:

TITAN

Year:

2007

US Patent:

20200390551, Dec 17, 2020

Filed:

Jun 12, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/900781

Inventors:

- Evaston IL, US
Patrick M. McCarthy - Winnetka IL, US

Assignee:

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - Evaston IL

International Classification:

A61F 2/24

Abstract:

An annuloplasty device that includes at least one helical coil usable for percutaneous implantation and activatable such that a length of the coil shortens, thereby reducing a circumference of a dilated valve annulus.

US Patent:

20170000931, Jan 5, 2017

Filed:

Mar 29, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/083489

Inventors:

- Evanston IL, US
- CHICAGO IL, US
- BALTIMORE MD, US
Patrick M. McCarthy - Winnetka IL, US

International Classification:

A61L 31/16
A61K 31/573
A61K 31/343
A61L 31/06
A61K 9/70

Abstract:

The present invention provides single sheet and compound para-xylene films for therapeutic uses. For example, the present invention provides single sheet para-xylene films useful as tissue separators and/or adhesion barriers in a subject, where the top and/or bottom surfaces of such films have a water contact angle between 75 and 95 degrees (e.g., to prevent adhesion formation). The present invention also provides compound films composed of at least two para-xylene polymer films with a therapeutic molecule layer in between. Such compound films, when used in vivo (e.g., as a tissue separator and to treat inflammation or atrial fibrillation) allow either therapeutic molecule elution through one of the para-xylene layers, or therapeutic molecule release when the compound film is pierced, such as when it is sutured in place.