Patents by Inventor Alessandro Fisher

Alessandro Fisher 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 implant delivery device and methods of implant loading and delivery
    Patent number: 12263106
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are generally related to systems, devices and methods for transcatheter delivery and deployment of an implant, such as a prosthetic valve. Aspects of the disclosure include methods of loading the implant to the delivery device having a capsule assembly for sheathing the implant. The capsule assembly can include separable proximal and distal segments. Such methods of loading can include utilizing a collar and a funnel to guide the proximal segment over the implant and adjacent the distal segment to compress and fully sheathe the implant for delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Alessandro Fisher, Paulina Nguyen, John Vucinich, Yas B. Neuberger
  • TRANSCATHETER IMPLANT DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHODS OF IMPLANT LOADING AND DELIVERY
    Publication number: 20220346992
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are generally related to systems, devices and methods for transcatheter delivery and deployment of an implant, such as a prosthetic valve. Aspects of the disclosure include methods of loading the implant to the delivery device having a capsule assembly for sheathing the implant. The capsule assembly can include separable proximal and distal segments. Such methods of loading can include utilizing a collar and a funnel to guide the proximal segment over the implant and adjacent the distal segment to compress and fully sheathe the implant for delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Alessandro Fisher, Paulina Nguyen, John Vucinich, Yas B. Neuberger