Patents by Inventor Timothy Geiser
Timothy Geiser 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).
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Publication number: 20240058129Abstract: A medical balloon sensing assembly constituted of: a handle; a first catheter extending distally from the handle; an inflatable medical balloon, the inflatable medical balloon secured by the first catheter; at least one sensor position member; and at least one sensor secured to the at least one sensor position member, wherein the at least one sensor position member is arranged to contact an outer face of the inflatable medical balloon.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Shaun Fetherston, Alexander H. Siemons, Blake W. Axelrod, Gil Senesh, Tomer Saar, Oren Cohen, Elazar Levi Schwarcz, Tamir S. Levi, Michael Bukin, Michael R. Bialas, Timothy A. Geiser, Sudarsan Pranatharthikaran, Carla Susana Cerqueira
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Publication number: 20220401216Abstract: The expandable sheaths disclosed herein include an elastic outer tubular layer and a multisegmented inner tubular layer that includes at least two coextruded segments having different durometers and different coefficients of friction. The inner tubular layer further includes a thick wall portion integrally connected to a thin wall portion. The thin wall portion has a lower durometer than the thick wall portion. The thick wall portion has a first and second longitudinally extending end, and the thin wall portion extends between the first and second longitudinally extending ends. The elastic outer tubular layer and the inner tubular layer are radially movable between a non-expanded state, where the elastic outer tubular layer urges the first longitudinally extending end under the second longitudinally extending end, and an expanded state, where the first and second longitudinally extending ends of the inner tubular layer expand apart with the thin wall portion extending therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Baigui Bian, Erik Bulman, Timothy A. Geiser
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Publication number: 20220379094Abstract: A delivery sheath includes an outer tubular layer and an initially folded inner tubular layer. When an implant passes therethrough, the outer tubular layer expands and the inner tubular layer unfolds into an expanded lumen diameter. The sheath may also include selectively placed longitudinal support rods that mediate friction between the inner and outer tubular layers to facilitate easy expansion, thereby reducing the push force needed to advance the implant through the sheath's lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Pu Zhou, Erik Bulman, Timothy A. Geiser, Michael G. Valdez, Yidong M. Zhu, Baigui Bian, Sonny Tran, Richard D. White, Thanh Huy Le, Tung T. Le, Alpana Kiran Gowdar, Yong Gao, David Delon Williams
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Patent number: 11505827Abstract: Systems and methods of polynucleotide sequencing are provided. Systems and methods optimize control, speed, movement, and/or translocation of a sample (e.g., a polynucleotide) within, through, or at least partially through a nanopore or a type of protein or mutant protein in order to accumulate sufficient time and current blocking information to identify contiguous nucleotides or plurality of nucleotides in a single-stranded area of a polynucleotide.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Geiser, Randall Davis, Roger Chen
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Patent number: 11420026Abstract: A delivery sheath includes an outer tubular layer and an initially folded inner tubular layer. When an implant passes therethrough, the outer tubular layer expands and the inner tubular layer unfolds into an expanded lumen diameter. The sheath may also include selectively placed longitudinal support rods that mediate friction between the inner and outer tubular layers to facilitate easy expansion, thereby reducing the push force needed to advance the implant through the sheath's lumen.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Pu Zhou, Erik Bulman, Timothy A. Geiser, Michael G. Valdez, Yidong M. Zhu, Baigui Bian, Sonny Tran, Richard D. White, Thanh Huy Le, Tung T. Le, Alpana Kiran Gowdar, Yong Gao, David Delon Williams
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Patent number: 11406796Abstract: A delivery sheath includes an outer tubular layer and an initially folded inner tubular layer. When an implant passes therethrough, the outer tubular layer expands and the inner tubular layer unfolds into an expanded lumen diameter. The sheath may also include selectively placed longitudinal support rods that mediate friction between the inner and outer tubular layers to facilitate easy expansion, thereby reducing the push force needed to advance the implant through the sheath's lumen.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Pu Zhou, Erik Bulman, Timothy A. Geiser, Michael G. Valdez, Yidong M. Zhu, Baigui Bian, Sonny Tran, Richard D. White, Thanh Huy Le, Tung T. Le, Alpana Kiran Gowdar, Yong Gao, David Delon Williams
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Publication number: 20210322163Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a frame, a valvular structure, and a skirt. The frame is movable between collapsed and expanded configurations and includes struts disposed between inflow and outflow ends, apices disposed at the inflow end formed by intersections of two or more struts, and junctions disposed between the apices and the outflow end and formed by intersections of two or more struts. The apices are circumferentially offset from the junctions. The valvular structure is positioned within and secured to the frame. The skirt is secured to the frame and includes a first edge portion and a second edge portion. The first edge portion is secured to the frame at the apices. The second edge portion is secured to the frame at the junctions. The skirt is configured to retract inwardly between the apices when the frame is moved from the radially expanded configuration to the radially collapsed configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Diana Nguyen-Thien-Nhon, Timothy A. Geiser, Larry L. Wood, Dinesh L. Sirimanne, Son V. Nguyen, Tamir S. Levi, Nikolay Gurovich, Michael Bukin
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Patent number: 11051937Abstract: An implantable prosthetic valve can comprise an annular frame comprising an inflow end and an outflow end and being radially collapsible and expandable between a radially collapsed configuration and a radially expanded configuration, the frame defining an axial direction extending from the inflow end to the outflow end, a leaflet structure positioned within the frame and secured thereto, and an annular outer skirt positioned around an outer surface of the frame, wherein the outer skirt comprises an inflow edge secured to the frame at a first location, an outflow edge comprising a plurality of alternating projections and notches, wherein the projections are secured to the frame at a second location, and the notches are not directly secured to the frame, an intermediate portion between the inflow edge and the outflow edge that comprises a plurality of openings.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Diana Nguyen-Thien-Nhon, Timothy A. Geiser, Larry L. Wood, Dinesh L. Sirimanne, Son V. Nguyen, Tamir S. Levi, Nikolay Gurovich, Michael Bukin
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Publication number: 20200353221Abstract: A delivery sheath includes an outer tubular layer and an initially folded inner tubular layer. When an implant passes therethrough, the outer tubular layer expands and the inner tubular layer unfolds into an expanded lumen diameter. The sheath may also include selectively placed longitudinal support rods that mediate friction between the inner and outer tubular layers to facilitate easy expansion, thereby reducing the push force needed to advance the implant through the sheath's lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Pu Zhou, Erik Bulman, Timothy A. Geiser, Michael G. Valdez, Yidong M. Zhu, Baigui Bian, Sonny Tran, Richard D. White, Thanh Huy Le, Tung T. Le, Alpana Kiran Gowdar
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Patent number: 10792471Abstract: A delivery sheath includes an elastic outer tubular layer and an inner tubular layer having a thick wall portion integrally connected to a thin wall portion. The inner tubular layer can have a compressed or folded condition wherein the thin wall portion folds onto an outer surface of the thick wall portion under urging of the elastic outer tubular layer. When an implant passes therethrough, the outer tubular layer stretches and the inner tubular layer unfolds into an expanded lumen diameter. Once the implant passes, the outer tubular layer again urges the inner tubular layer into the compressed condition with the sheath reassuming its smaller profile. The sheath may also include selectively placed longitudinal rods that mediate friction between the inner and outer tubular layers to facilitate easy expansion and collapse, thereby reducing the push force needed to advance the implant through the sheath's lumen.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Pu Zhou, Erik Bulman, Timothy A. Geiser, Michael G. Valdez, Yidong M. Zhu, Baigui Bian, Sonny Tran, Richard D. White, Thanh Huy Le, Tung T. Le, Alpana Kiran Gowdar
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Patent number: 10716919Abstract: A delivery sheath includes an outer tubular layer and an initially folded inner tubular layer. When an implant passes therethrough, the outer tubular layer expands and the inner tubular layer unfolds into an expanded lumen diameter. The sheath may also include selectively placed longitudinal support rods that mediate friction between the inner and outer tubular layers to facilitate easy expansion, thereby reducing the push force needed to advance the implant through the sheath's lumen.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Pu Zhou, Erik Bulman, Timothy A. Geiser, Michael G. Valdez, Yidong M. Zhu, Baigui Bian, Sonny Tran, Richard D. White, Thanh Huy Le, Tung T. Le, Alpana K. Gowdar, Yong Gao, David D. Williams
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Publication number: 20200108231Abstract: A delivery sheath includes an outer tubular layer and an initially folded inner tubular layer. When an implant passes therethrough, the outer tubular layer expands and the inner tubular layer unfolds into an expanded lumen diameter. The sheath may also include selectively placed longitudinal support rods that mediate friction between the inner and outer tubular layers to facilitate easy expansion, thereby reducing the push force needed to advance the implant through the sheath's lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Pu Zhou, Erik Bulman, Timothy A. Geiser, Michael G. Valdez, Yidong M. Zhu, Baigui Bian, Sonny Tran, Richard D. White, Thanh Huy Le, Tung T. Le, Alpana Kiran Gowdar, Yong Gao, David Delon Williams
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Patent number: 10537431Abstract: An expandable introducer sheath for passage of implant delivery catheters, such as catheters for delivery of prosthetic heart valves. The expandable sheath balances the amounts, shapes and positions of various stiff and elastic structures in the sheath to selectively program the expandability and buckling stiffness of the sheath. The expandable sheath can include, for example, an expandable tubular layer that includes alternating stiff and elastic wall portions of a single radial thickness. The combination of stiff and elastic wall portions allow for torque and push strength to advance the expandable sheath while at the same time accommodating temporary expansion. The expandable sheath can also be reinforced with a tubular layer of braided fibers or a stent structure for additional strength. Other embodiments include selective use of slots or gaps at the distal end of a stiff wall portion to enhance expandability and distribute strain.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Pu Zhou, Yong Gao, Erik Bulman, Baigui Bian, Yidong M. Zhu, David D. Williams, Timothy A. Geiser, Michael G. Valdez, Sonny Tran, Richard D. White, Thanh Huy Le, Tung T. Le, Alpana K. Gowdar
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Publication number: 20190381284Abstract: A delivery sheath includes an outer tubular layer and an initially folded inner tubular layer. When an implant passes therethrough, the outer tubular layer expands and the inner tubular layer unfolds into an expanded lumen diameter. The sheath may also include selectively placed longitudinal support rods that mediate friction between the inner and outer tubular layers to facilitate easy expansion, thereby reducing the push force needed to advance the implant through the sheath's lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Pu Zhou, Erik Bulman, Timothy A. Geiser, Michael G. Valdez, Yidong M. Zhu, Baigui Bian, Sonny Tran, Richard D. White, Thanh Huy Le, Tung T. Le, Alpana Kiran Gowdar, Yong Gao, David Delon Williams
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Patent number: 10500377Abstract: A delivery sheath includes an outer tubular layer and an initially folded inner tubular layer. When an implant passes therethrough, the outer tubular layer expands and the inner tubular layer unfolds into an expanded lumen diameter. The sheath may also include selectively placed longitudinal support rods that mediate friction between the inner and outer tubular layers to facilitate easy expansion, thereby reducing the push force needed to advance the implant through the sheath's lumen.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Pu Zhou, Erik Bulman, Timothy A. Geiser, Michael G. Valdez, Yidong M. Zhu, Baigui Bian, Sonny Tran, Richard D. White, Thanh Huy Le, Tung T. Le, Alpana K. Gowdar, Yong Gao, David D. Williams
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Publication number: 20190292591Abstract: Systems and methods of polynucleotide sequencing are provided. Systems and methods optimize control, speed, movement, and/or translocation of a sample (e.g., a polynucleotide) within, through, or at least partially through a nanopore or a type of protein or mutant protein in order to accumulate sufficient time and current blocking information to identify contiguous nucleotides or plurality of nucleotides in a single-stranded area of a polynucleotide.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicants: GENIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Timothy GEISER, Randall DAVIS, Roger CHEN
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Patent number: 10391281Abstract: A delivery sheath includes an outer tubular layer and an initially folded inner tubular layer. When an implant passes therethrough, the outer tubular layer expands and the inner tubular layer unfolds into an expanded lumen diameter. The sheath may also include selectively placed longitudinal support rods that mediate friction between the inner and outer tubular layers to facilitate easy expansion, thereby reducing the push force needed to advance the implant through the sheath's lumen.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Pu Zhou, Erik Bulman, Timothy A. Geiser, Michael G. Valdez, Yidong M. Zhu, Baigui Bian, Sonny Tran, Richard D. White, Thanh Huy Le, Tung T. Le, Alpana K. Gowdar, Yong Gao, David D. Williams
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Patent number: 10391280Abstract: A delivery sheath includes an outer tubular layer and an initially folded inner tubular layer. When an implant passes therethrough, the outer tubular layer expands and the inner tubular layer unfolds into an expanded lumen diameter. The sheath may also include selectively placed longitudinal support rods that mediate friction between the inner and outer tubular layers to facilitate easy expansion, thereby reducing the push force needed to advance the implant through the sheath's lumen.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Pu Zhou, Erik Bulman, Timothy A. Geiser, Michael G. Valdez, Yidong M. Zhu, Baigui Bian, Sonny Tran, Richard D. White, Thanh Huy Le, Tung T. Le, Alpana K. Gowdar, Yong Gao, David D. Williams
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Patent number: 10391279Abstract: A delivery sheath includes an outer tubular layer and an initially folded inner tubular layer. When an implant passes therethrough, the outer tubular layer expands and the inner tubular layer unfolds into an expanded lumen diameter. The sheath may also include selectively placed longitudinal support rods that mediate friction between the inner and outer tubular layers to facilitate easy expansion, thereby reducing the push force needed to advance the implant through the sheath's lumen.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Pu Zhou, Erik Bulman, Timothy A. Geiser, Michael G. Valdez, Yidong M. Zhu, Baigui Bian, Sonny Tran, Richard D. White, Thanh Huy Le, Tung T. Le, Alpana K. Gowdar, Yong Gao, David D. Williams
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Patent number: 10260093Abstract: Systems and methods of polynucleotide sequencing are provided. Systems and methods optimize control, speed, movement, and/or translocation of a sample (e.g., a polynucleotide) within, through, or at least partially through a nanopore or a type of protein or mutant protein in order to accumulate sufficient time and current blocking information to identify contiguous nucleotides or plurality of nucleotides in a single-stranded area of a polynucleotide.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2012Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignees: GENIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Timothy Geiser, Randall Davis, Roger Chen