Scott L Eells, 487552 Mount Zion Rd, Blmgtn, IN 47403

6371961, Apr 16, 2002

Nov 11, 1997

08/967521

Thomas A. Osborne - Bloomington IN
Scott E. Eells - Bloomington IN

Cook Incorporated - Bloomington IN

A61F 1100

606108, 606198

A rapid exchange stent delivery balloon catheter which allows exchange from a balloon angioplasty catheter to a stent delivery catheter without the need to replace the angioplasty catheter wire guide with an exchange-length wire guide before exchanging the catheters. The stent delivery catheter of the present invention includes a relatively short wire guide shaft which is bonded to the catheter shaft only at a location distal to the inflation lumen.

7713260, May 11, 2010

Sep 9, 2004

10/937862

David R. Lessard - Bloomington IN, US
Scott E. Eells - Bloomington IN, US
Gregory A. Frankland - Unionville IN, US

Cook Incorporated - Bloomington IN
Sabin Corporation - Bloomington IN

A61M 39/10

604533, 604523

Catheters having an overmolded hub are disclosed. The overmolded catheter hubs may include one or more access hubs that are overmolded with an overmold material. The catheter hub may also be formed as a single piece from the overmold material. The overmolded construction can result in a stronger bond between the catheter body and the hub and can provide for access hubs having sufficient clarity for the observation of air bubbles in a contained fluid. The disclosed catheter hubs may also demonstrate improved balloon deflation rates when utilized with a catheter body having a distal balloon.

7914841, Mar 29, 2011

Feb 1, 2007

11/700984

Scott E. Eells - Bloomington IN, US
David R. Lessard - Bloomington IN, US

Cook Medical Technologies LLC - Bloomington IN

B05D 3/02
B05D 3/10
A61M 25/00
B28B 3/20
B29C 47/88

427 21, 427 224, 427 228, 427 23, 427289, 427293, 264165, 2641761, 26417717, 26417718, 26421112, 26421113

A method of forming a coated medical device is described. A coating may be applied inline to a continuous tubing formed by extrusion, prior to cutting and secondary operations. Thus, inefficient and labor-intensive steps associated with preparing individual tubes for coating may be avoided. The method may include forcing a flowable material through an exit port of an extruder, depositing a coating onto at least a portion of the continuous length of extruded tubing after the tubing is forced through the exit port, cutting the coated tubing to a desired length after depositing the coating, and performing one or more secondary operations on the coated tube at a temperature in the range of from about 15 C. to about 375 C.

8187316, May 29, 2012

Dec 23, 2008

12/343325

Shyam S V Kuppurathanam - Bloomington IN, US
Sean D. Chambers - Bloomington IN, US
David P. Biggs - Bloomington IN, US
Scott E. Eells - Bloomington IN, US

Cook Medical Technologies LLC - Bloomington IN

A61F 2/06

623 113, 623 114

An implantable graft device having treated yarn is disclosed. The device includes a graft body forming a lumen defining a longitudinal axis and having proximal and distal ends. The graft body is constructed from a woven fabric having warp yarns aligned in a first direction and a weft yarns aligned in a second direction. At least one of the weft yarns and the warp yarns has an agent applied thereto defining treated yarns of the graft body.

8496645, Jul 30, 2013

Feb 2, 2010

13/147971

Robert M. Eells - Bloomington IN, US
Scott E. Eells - Bloomington IN, US

Cook Medical Technologies LLC - Bloomington IN

A61M 1/00

604540, 604264, 604523, 604528, 604534, 604535, 604905, 285305

Drainage catheters for use in a variety of medical procedures are presented herein. The drainage catheter features an improved tension member locking mechanism. In use, once the drainage catheter is placed as desired, a second connector piece is rotated relative to a first connector piece to wind the tension member around a spooling region and pull the distal end of the catheter tube into a locked configuration. Once the tension member is tensioned, the first and second connector pieces are pulled into a locking engagement thereby securing the catheter tube in the locked configuration.

2005018, Aug 25, 2005

Feb 9, 2005

11/054043

Scott Eells - Bloomington IN, US
Michael Hiles - Lafayette IN, US
Thomas Osborne - Bloomington IN, US

COOK INCORPORATED - Bloomington IN
COOK BIOTECH INC. - West Lafayette IN

A61F002/06

623001130, 623001470

A cast bioremodelable graft () comprising a cast tubular construct () of a bioremodelable substance (). The bioremodelable substance is cast on or applied to a form and then vacuum pressed to dry or harden the substance. Expandable members () are disposed on, in, under or about the cast tubular construct to expand the graft when released from an endoluminal delivery system. A second layer () can be applied over the first layer () and the expandable stents to contain the stents there between without the need for any separate attachment. The graft is dehydrated and preferably vacuum pressed to harden the bioremodelable substance. The form is removed to form one or more lumens (-) in the graft, which is then loaded on an endoluminal delivery system.

2006008, Apr 20, 2006

Mar 22, 2005

11/086622

Scott Eells - Bloomington IN, US
Thomas Osborne - Bloomington IN, US

A62B 9/06
A61M 16/00

128207290, 128207140, 128207150

An apparatus and method for use in the percutaneous placement of a medical device, such as a tracheostomy tube. An elongated hollow tube has an inflatable dilator balloon mounted thereon. The balloon comprises a distal portion, an intermediate portion and a proximal portion. The medical device is carried on the intermediate portion. At least a segment of the distal portion has an inflated outer diameter that is at least as large as the outer diameter of the medical device. The inflated outer diameter of the intermediate portion is sized relative to an internal diameter of the medical device to hold the medical device thereon. An inflation assembly is provided to enable the balloon to be selectively inflated and deflated. A body opening is dilated with the inflated dilator balloon, and the medical device may be percutaneously placed across the dilated opening. Following placement of the device, the dilator balloon may be deflated and withdrawn from the apparatus through a lumen of the medical device.

2007019, Aug 16, 2007

Feb 15, 2007

11/706548

Scott Eells - Bloomington IN, US
Robert Eells - Bloomington IN, US

Cook Incorporated - Bloomington IN

A61M 25/00
A61M 5/00

604264000

A coupling wire guide structured to be slidably coupled to a previously introduced wire guide. The coupling wire guide includes a main body and a tip portion. The tip portion includes an insert member and a distal tip. The insert member is connected to the main body, and the distal tip is connected to the insert member. The insert member defines an insert passageway having a laterally opening proximal port. The distal tip defines a tip passageway having a distal port, the tip passageway being in communication with the insert passageway. The proximal port, insert passageway, tip passageway and distal port are sized to receive the previously introduced wire guide.