Patents by Inventor Taylor Winters

Taylor Winters 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).

  • Transcatheter heart valve prosthesis systems and methods for rotational alignment
    Patent number: 11969343
    Abstract: Methods for rotationally aligning transcatheter heart valve prosthesis within a native heart valve include percutaneously delivering the transcatheter heart valve prosthesis to the native heart valve, wherein the transcatheter heart valve prosthesis includes at least one imaging marker, receiving a cusp overlap viewing angle image and/or a coronary overlap viewing angle image of the transcatheter heart valve prosthesis within the native heart valve, determining, based on the cusp overlap viewing angle image and/or the coronary overlap viewing angle image and the at least one imaging marker, whether the transcatheter heart valve prosthesis is in a desired rotational orientation, if the at least one imaging marker in the cusp overlap viewing angle image and/or the coronary overlap viewing angle indicates that the transcatheter heart valve prosthesis is not in the desired rotational orientation, rotating the transcatheter heart valve prosthesis until the transcatheter heart valve prosthesis is in the desired rot
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Harewood, Taylor Winters, Evelyn Birmingham, Sara Saul, Victor Kimball, Eric Pierce, Radhika Bhargav, Jeffrey Sandstrom, Caitlin Dorff
  • TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROTATIONAL ALIGNMENT
    Publication number: 20220175524
    Abstract: Methods for rotationally aligning transcatheter heart valve prosthesis within a native heart valve include percutaneously delivering the transcatheter heart valve prosthesis to the native heart valve, wherein the transcatheter heart valve prosthesis includes at least one imaging marker, receiving a cusp overlap viewing angle image and/or a coronary overlap viewing angle image of the transcatheter heart valve prosthesis within the native heart valve, determining, based on the cusp overlap viewing angle image and/or the coronary overlap viewing angle image and the at least one imaging marker, whether the transcatheter heart valve prosthesis is in a desired rotational orientation, if the at least one imaging marker in the cusp overlap viewing angle image and/or the coronary overlap viewing angle indicates that the transcatheter heart valve prosthesis is not in the desired rotational orientation, rotating the transcatheter heart valve prosthesis until the transcatheter heart valve prosthesis is in the desired rot
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Frank Harewood, Taylor Winters, Evelyn Birmingham, Sara Saul, Victor Kimball, Eric Pierce, Radhika Bhargava, Jeffrey Sandstrom, Caitlin Dorff
  • Bioprosthetic tissue repair and reinforcement
    Patent number: 10299916
    Abstract: A method of reinforcing or repairing a bioprosthetic tissue for use as a prosthetic valve leaflet. The method includes evaluating a bioprosthetic tissue, identifying a defect in the bioprosthetic tissue, and selectively applying an adhesive to a surface of the bioprosthetic tissue at the defect prior to implantation in a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Tracey Tien, Carol Eberhardt, Kshitija Garde, Benjamin Wong, Wei Wang, Elliot Howard, Laura McKinley, Karl Olney, Taylor Winters
  • BIOPROSTHETIC TISSUE REPAIR AND REINFORCEMENT
    Publication number: 20170196686
    Abstract: A method of reinforcing or repairing a bioprosthetic tissue for use as a prosthetic valve leaflet. The method includes evaluating a bioprosthetic tissue, identifying a defect in the bioprosthetic tissue, and selectively applying an adhesive to a surface of the bioprosthetic tissue at the defect prior to implantation in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Tracey Tien, Carol Eberhardt, Kshitija Garde, Benjamin Wong, Wei Wang, Elliot Howard, Laura McKinley, Karl Olney, Taylor Winters