Patents by Inventor Peter Nicholas Braldo

Peter Nicholas Braldo 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).

  • Leaflet suturing to commissure points for prosthetic heart valve
    Patent number: 9717593
    Abstract: A collapsible prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent and a collapsible and expandable valve assembly. The stent has a proximal end and a distal end. A plurality of commissure points is disposed on the stent. The valve assembly is disposed within the stent and includes a plurality of leaflets. Each leaflet has a free edge. An end portion of the free edge of each leaflet is folded and sutured to a corresponding one of the plurality of the commissure points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Yousef F. Alkhatib, Peter Nicholas Braldo
  • LEAFLET SUTURING TO COMMISSURE POINTS FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE
    Publication number: 20120197391
    Abstract: A collapsible prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent and a collapsible and expandable valve assembly. The stent has a proximal end and a distal end. A plurality of commissure points is disposed on the stent. The valve assembly is disposed within the stent and includes a plurality of leaflets. Each leaflet has a free edge. An end portion of the free edge of each leaflet is folded and sutured to a corresponding one of the plurality of the commissure points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. d/b/a St. Jude Medical Cardiovascular Division
    Inventors: Yousef F. Alkhatib, Peter Nicholas Braldo