Patents by Inventor Michael J. Tuchek

Michael J. Tuchek 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).

  • Publication number: 20240016603
    Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stented valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
  • Patent number: 11786367
    Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stented valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
  • Patent number: 11284999
    Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stewed valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
  • Patent number: 11259919
    Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stewed valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
  • Publication number: 20210315693
    Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stewed valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
  • Publication number: 20210038380
    Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stented valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
  • Patent number: 10820993
    Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stented valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
  • Patent number: 10646335
    Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stewed valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
  • Publication number: 20200113684
    Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stented valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
  • Publication number: 20200030089
    Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stewed valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
  • Publication number: 20190038406
    Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stewed valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
  • Patent number: 10016274
    Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stented valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Ann L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
  • Publication number: 20160296328
    Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stented valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Ann L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek