Patents Examined by Dinah Baria
  • Patent number: 10537287
    Abstract: Prosthetic heart devices may be implanted into the heart with a sensor coupled to the device, the sensor being configured to measure physiological data, such as blood pressure, in the heart. Devices that may employ such sensors include prosthetic heart valves and occlusion devices, although sensor systems may be deployed in the heart separate from other implantable devices. The sensors may include a body with different configurations for attaching to the implantable device, such as apertures for sutures or fingers for connecting to structures of the implantable device. The sensors may provide data that allow a determination of aortic regurgitation or other information indicative of function of the implantable device and patient health during and after implantation of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Mina S. Fahim, Steven Frederick Anderl, Jason White, Paul E. Ashworth, Morgan Low, Loell Boyce Moon, Neelakantan Saikrishnan
  • Patent number: 10537665
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to tissue matrix products. The products can includes tissue matrices that have holes or perforations located at certain positions to improve certain in vivo functions without substantial loss of strength or other important properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: LifeCell Corporation
    Inventor: Alexander Ringo
  • Patent number: 10537426
    Abstract: A tubular valve body has an upstream end and a downstream end, and has a central longitudinal axis, and defines a lumen along the axis. Prosthetic leaflets are disposed within the lumen, and are configured to facilitate one-way movement of fluid through the lumen in an upstream-to-downstream direction. The valve body has a cellular structure defined by a plurality of joists connected at nodes, the joists and nodes delimiting cells of the cellular structure. The nodes include minor nodes at which 2-4 joists are connected, and major nodes at which 6-8 joists are connected. The cells of the cellular structure comprise a first circumferential row of first-row cells. Each of the first-row cells is connected to each of its circumferentially-adjacent first-row cells at a respective one of the major nodes, and is longitudinally delimited by two of the minor nodes. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: CARDIOVALVE LTD.
    Inventors: Meni Iamberger, Aviram Baum, Boaz Harari, Ilia Hariton
  • Patent number: 10524893
    Abstract: A vascular repair device assembly includes a main prostheses, first internal prostheses, an optional second internal prostheses, and at least two sub-prostheses. Methods for delivering vascular repair devices include delivering a vascular repair device through a blood vessel to the aneurysm site, aligning a proximal open end of a main prosthesis cranially to the site of the aneurysm patient and directing a distal end of at least one additional one vascular repair device through a proximal end of at least a first internal lumen, and aligning the proximal end of the additional vascular repair device into a distal end of the at least one sub-prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Bolton Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Parodi, Samuel Arbefeuille, John C. Canning, Fletcher Christian, Scott Lyle Rush, Bryan White, Eduardo Alejandro Garcia
  • Patent number: 10524939
    Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using a medical device are disclosed. An example medical device may include an implantable medical device. The implantable medical device may include a stent having a covered portion and an uncovered portion. The covered portion may be releasably attached to the uncovered portion. A cover member may be disposed along the covered portion. The uncovered portion may include a release tab that is designed to release the uncovered portion from the covered portion. A removal member may be coupled to the covered portion for aiding in the removal of the covered portion from an implantation site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Paul G. Mort, Paul Mannion
  • Patent number: 10517724
    Abstract: A medical system for treating a defective mitral valve (MV) having an annulus (A). The system has a removable and flexible elongate displacement unit for temporary insertion into a coronary sinus (CS) adjacent the valve, wherein the displacement unit has a delivery state for delivery into said CS, and an activated state to which the displacement unit is temporarily and reversibly transferable from the delivery state. The displacement unit has a proximal reversibly expandable portion, a distal anchoring portion being movable in relation to the proximal expandable portion in a longitudinal direction of the displacement unit to the activated state in which the shape of the annulus is modified to a modified shape (A?); and an annuloplasty device for permanent fixation at the mitral valve annulus by annuloplasty of the valve when the modified shape is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Medtentia International Ltd. Oy
    Inventors: Olli Keränen, Hans-Reinhard Zerkowski
  • Patent number: 10500050
    Abstract: An implantable device for regulating blood flow through a blood vessel comprising an elongated support dimensioned and configured to be implanted in a blood vessel. The support includes a linking member linking axially spaced apart portions to one another. A valve membrane extends between the axially spaced apart support portions and includes first region folded over the first linking member and attached thereto and a second region adjacent the first region and unattached to the first linking member. The second region is movable between a first position to enable blood flow and a second position to inhibit blood flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Deep Vein Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Menno Kalmann, Peter W. J. Hinchliffe, Adam I. Lehman
  • Patent number: 10492903
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a prosthetic capsular bag and method for inserting the same. The prosthetic capsular bag helps to maintain the volume of the natural capsular bag, thereby stabilizing the effective lens position of an IOL so that refractive outcomes may be improved with cataract surgery. The prosthetic capsular bag further provides an integrated refractive surface, providing a means for experimentally determining an effective lens position prior to inserting an IOL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Omega Ophthalmics LLC
    Inventor: Gary N. Wortz
  • Patent number: 10478288
    Abstract: A mechanical prosthetic heart valve having a ring, multiple hinges, and multiple leaflets. The hinges are attached to the ring and are evenly spaced from one another along the inner circumference of the ring. Each leaflet is rotably attached to a hinge by an opening located in the center of the lower portion of the leaflets. The ring can include multiple protrusions located along the inner circumference of the ring. The protrusions of the ring limit the opening angle of the leaflets. By limiting the opening angle of the leaflets, wear and tear of the hinges and leaflets, as well as the probability of malfunction of the mechanical prosthetic heart valve are reduced. In addition, limiting the opening angle of the leaflets may increase the opening and closing speed of the leaflets, thus improving performance of the mechanical prosthetic heart valve when the patient is experiencing an elevated cardiac frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Clover Life Sciences Inc.
    Inventors: Osvaldo N. Amerio, Carlos Enrique Schvezov
  • Patent number: 10478283
    Abstract: A dilating device for the prostatic urethra comprising: at least three, laterally connected ridges, wherein each ridge is configured to longitudinally engage with a different substantially longitudinal groove of the prostatic urethra of a patient, and wherein the at least three laterally connected ridges are configured to laterally compress to enable insertion into the prostatic urethra in a compressed configuration, and wherein the at least three laterally connected ridges are configured to laterally expand to a normally-open configuration upon deployment within the prostatic urethra, to exert a radially outwards force that dilates the prostatic urethra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: BUTTERFLY MEDICAL LTD.
    Inventor: Yehuda Bachar
  • Patent number: 10449034
    Abstract: Graft materials and devices for surgical breast procedures, as well as methods of making graft devices, are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: LifeCell Corporation
    Inventors: Melissa Richter Bowley, Aaron Barere, Evan Friedman, Nathaniel Bachrach
  • Patent number: 10441406
    Abstract: An endoprosthesis has an expanded state and a contracted state, the endoprosthesis includes a stent having an inner surface defining a lumen and an outer surface; and a polymeric coating adhered to the outer surface of the stent. The polymeric coating includes a base and a plurality of protrusions extending outwardly from the base. When the endoprosthesis is expanded to the expanded state in a lumen defined by a vessel wall, the protrusions apply a force that creates an interlock between the vessel wall and the endoprosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Elizabeth Firstenberg, Claire M. McLeod, Shannon Taylor, Andrea Lai, Sandra Lam
  • Patent number: 10433953
    Abstract: Prosthetic mitral valves and their methods of manufacture and use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Wallace, Aaron Grogan, Spencer Noe, Peter Gregg
  • Patent number: 10426624
    Abstract: Methods and systems include a patient specific instrument for installing a glenosphere within a joint. For example, a method for implanting a glenosphere includes installing first and second pins in a glenoid cavity using a patient specific instrument that sets a distance between the guide pins, installing an implant at the location of the second guide pin, and guiding a glenosphere onto the implant using a helper connected to the first pin. In another example, a glenosphere helper includes a cup shaped body having an interior surface for engaging at least a portion of an outer surface of the glenosphere, and a flange extending from the cup to receive a guide pin at a point, the flange extending from the cup shaped body such that the point is positioned outside a periphery of the glenosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: William Van Kampen, Steve Dunstan, Jean-Sebastien Merette, Anselm Jakob Neurohr
  • Patent number: 10383719
    Abstract: A stent for medical use includes: a main body which includes a first rigid portion formed in a tubular shape along a longitudinal axis and having a predetermined rigidity with respect to a compression force exerted in a radial direction and a second rigid portion having a rigidity less than that of the first rigid portion, the second rigid portion which is substantially coaxial with and continues to a proximal end of the first rigid portion, and the second rigid portion which formed in a tubular shape along the longitudinal axis; and a gripping target region which is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the second rigid portion and is gripped by a gripping tool when the main body is led into a channel of an endoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nomura, Toshihiro Yamagata, Madoka Kiyokawa
  • Patent number: 10376357
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to intraocular lens systems having a plurality of materials therein, with at least some of the materials having a diffraction pattern therein and an electrically-modifiable index of refraction collectively configured to selectively alter an effective focal length of the intraocular lens system. Methods of modifying a focal length of an intraocular lens system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: ELWHA LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, John Marshall, Katherine E. Sharadin, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Roberto Zaldivar, Roger Zaldivar
  • Patent number: 10368974
    Abstract: A filter device for implantation in a gallbladder, including: a filtering portion configured to filter gallstones of a certain minimum size to prevent them from exiting the gallbladder through an opening of the gallbladder; a tail extending from the filtering portion away from the opening of the gallbladder and towards a distal wall of the gallbladder; and, a stopper located at a distal end of the tail, near the distal wall of the gallbladder when the filter device is implanted; wherein the filtering portion, stopper and the tail are configured to be of sufficient overall length within the gallbladder that they, when taken together, prevent migration of the filtering portion away from the opening of the gallbladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: LithiBlock Ltd.
    Inventor: Shmuel Ben Muvhar
  • Patent number: 10363130
    Abstract: Expandable docking stations for docking an expandable valve can include a valve seat, one or more sealing portions, and one or more retaining portions. The valve seat can be unexpandable or substantially unexpandable beyond a deployed size. The one or more sealing portions are connected to the valve seat and extend radially outward of the valve seat. The one or more sealing portions are constructed to expand outward of the valve seat and provide a seal over a range of sizes. The one or more retaining portions are connected to the one or more sealing portions. The one or more retaining portions are configured to retain the docking station at a deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Dustin P. Armer, Michael D. Franklin, Sergio Delgado, Abhijeet Joshi, Dinesh L. Sirimanne, Russell T. Joseph, Eason Michael Abbott, Tram Ngoc Nguyen, Son V. Nguyen, Hien Tran Ngo, Vivian Tran, Charles L. Bowman, Stanton J. Rowe
  • Patent number: 10364518
    Abstract: An integrally woven or knitted textile, such as a tubular graft or sheet, having a base textile layer, in the case of a graft, it has at least one longitudinal tubular graft portion, and at least one pouch or flap integrally woven from at least a portion of the same set of yarns. Methods of making the same are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: ATEX Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Van Hulle, Colleen Kaiser, Stephanie Booz Norris
  • Patent number: 10321990
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a stent extending in a longitudinal direction and having a plurality of commissure features. A valve assembly is secured to the stent, the valve assembly including a cuff and a plurality of leaflets. Each of the leaflets has a pair of attachment regions and a free edge extending between the attachment regions. A deflection feature disposed in each attachment region is configured and arranged to prevent the free edges of the leaflets from contacting at least one of the stent or the cuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Kent J. Smith, Andrea L. McCarthy, Yousef F. Alkhatib