Patents by Inventor Melissa Gene Tanner Christie

Melissa Gene Tanner Christie has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Real-Time Relationship Between Geometries of an Instrument and a Structure
    Publication number: 20150305631
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for illustrating a geometry of a structure and a geometry of an instrument. The system can implement a set of instructions to assist in determining an appropriateness of positioning a selected instrument at a location. The system may display the geometry of the structure and/or the geometry of the instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan P. Lahm, Melissa Gene Tanner Christie, Eric A. Schilling
  • Pre-formed delivery catheters
    Patent number: 9061123
    Abstract: A delivery catheter includes a pre-formed and resilient heart-wrapping segment. The segment may have a relaxed span that allows the segment to wrap around a left side of a heart from an anterior epicardial surface to a posterior epicardial surface, when the catheter is advanced along the epicardial surface, having been inserted from a sub-xiphoid access site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Johnson E. Goode, Melissa Gene Tanner Christie, Stanten C. Spear, Rick D. McVenes
  • Pre-formed delivery catheters
    Patent number: 8827982
    Abstract: A delivery catheter includes a pre-formed and resilient heart-wrapping segment. The segment may have a relaxed span that allows the segment to wrap around a left side of a heart from an anterior epicardial surface to a posterior epicardial surface, when the catheter is advanced along the epicardial surface, having been inserted from a sub-xiphoid access site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Johnson E. Goode, Melissa Gene Tanner Christie, Stanten C. Spear, Rick D. McVenes
  • PRE-FORMED DELIVERY CATHETERS
    Publication number: 20100010469
    Abstract: A delivery catheter includes a pre-formed and resilient heart-wrapping segment. The segment may have a relaxed span that allows the segment to wrap around a left side of a heart from an anterior epicardial surface to a posterior epicardial surface, when the catheter is advanced along the epicardial surface, having been inserted from a sub-xiphoid access site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Johnson E. Goode, Melissa Gene Tanner Christie, Stanten C. Spear, Rick D. McVenes
  • PRE-FORMED DELIVERY CATHETERS
    Publication number: 20080208166
    Abstract: A delivery catheter includes a pre-formed and resilient heart-wrapping segment. The segment may have a relaxed span that allows the segment to wrap around a left side of a heart from an anterior epicardial surface to a posterior epicardial surface, when the catheter is advanced along the epicardial surface, having been inserted from a sub-xiphoid access site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Johnson E. Goode, Melissa Gene Tanner Christie, Stanten C. Spear