Patents by Inventor Amy E. Munnelly
Amy E. Munnelly 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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Patent number: 11951006Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve has a plurality of valve leaflets that control directional flow of blood through a heart and a stent structure having a plurality of commissure posts supporting the valve leaflets. The stent structure has a covering over the plurality of commissure posts and has a sewing ring at an inflow end of the stent structure. Each of the plurality of commissure posts has a tip and a suture loop is attached to the covering at a location adjacent to or on the tip of the commissure post. Each suture loop provides a passage for a suture to pass through between the covering and the suture loop.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATIONInventors: Da-Yu Chang, Amy E. Munnelly, Van Huynh, Avina Gupta, Brian S. Conklin, Sooji Van Echten, Kurt Kelly Reed, Amanda Grace Sall
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Publication number: 20230181320Abstract: A mitral repair annuloplasty ring that will accommodate implantation of a transcatheter valve therein for a valve-in-ring reoperation. The ring has a semi-rigid core with features that allow the ring to better conform to the cylindrical geometry of a transcatheter valve when implanted. The inner core defines a continuous peripheral D-shape with a substantially straight anterior side diametrically across from a more rounded posterior side with arcuate lateral sides therebetween. Segments of the ring core are subject to differing rates of bending due to variable radial thicknesses or radial slits opening to both inner and outer edges around the core periphery. One or more expansion joints may also be used to create the more circular final expanded shape. A plastically expandable sealing sleeve may surround the transcatheter valve for sealing gaps between the valve and annuloplasty ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Louis A. Campbell, Rodolfo Rodriguez, Da-Yu Chang, Gregory Bak-Boychuk, Brian S. Conklin, Amy E. Munnelly
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Publication number: 20230165681Abstract: An annuloplasty ring for repair of mitral and tricuspid valves that can be shape adjusted once installed to fine-tune the shape and correct for small errors in the inherently imprecise sizing process. The ring has an adjustable 3D ring core of malleable metal that can be reshaped in real-time during the procedure before or after the patient is weaned off-pump by applying simple displacements to a cable and housing arrangement. The shape of the annuloplasty ring is adjusted incrementally in steps until an optimum level of regurgitation reduction is attained. Once the surgeon is satisfied with the result, the delivery system can be can easily detached from the implant and removed. The thickness of the core could be continuously variable to control how and where deformation occurs. The ring may also incorporate an expansion joint to enable a subsequent valve-in-ring procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2023Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Brian S. Conklin, Amy E. Munnelly, Milton Deherrera
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Publication number: 20230157820Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve has a plurality of valve leaflets that control directional flow of blood through a heart and a stent structure having a plurality of commissure posts supporting the valve leaflets. The stent structure has a covering over the plurality of commissure posts and has a sewing ring at an inflow end of the stent structure. Each of the plurality of commissure posts has a tip and a suture loop is attached to the covering at a location adjacent to or on the tip of the commissure post. Each suture loop provides a passage for a suture to pass through between the covering and the suture loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2023Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Da-Yu Chang, Amy E. Munnelly, Van Huynh, Avina Gupta, Brian S. Conklin, Sooji Van Echten, Kurt Kelly Reed, Amanda Grace Sall
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Patent number: 11554012Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve has a plurality of valve leaflets that control directional flow of blood through a heart and a stent structure having a plurality of commissure posts supporting the valve leaflets. The stent structure has a covering over the plurality of commissure posts and has a sewing ring at an inflow end of the stent structure. Each of the plurality of commissure posts has a tip and a suture loop is attached to the covering at a location adjacent to or on the tip of the commissure post. Each suture loop provides a passage for a suture to pass through between the covering and the suture loop.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2022Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Da-Yu Chang, Amy E. Munnelly, Van Huynh, Avina Gupta, Brian S. Conklin, Sooji Van Echten, Kurt Kelly Reed, Amanda Grace Sall
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Publication number: 20220313429Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve has a plurality of valve leaflets that control directional flow of blood through a heart and a stent structure having a plurality of commissure posts supporting the valve leaflets. The stent structure has a covering over the plurality of commissure posts and has a sewing ring at an inflow end of the stent structure. Each of the plurality of commissure posts has a tip and a suture loop is attached to the covering at a location adjacent to or on the tip of the commissure post. Each suture loop provides a passage for a suture to pass through between the covering and the suture loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Da-Yu Chang, Amy E. Munnelly, Van Huynh, Avina Gupta, Brian S. Conklin, Sooji Van Echten, Kurt Kelly Reed, Amanda Grace Sall
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Publication number: 20220218483Abstract: A tissue anchor delivery includes comprises a needle including a hollow shaft portion, a tip portion, and an outlet opening. The tissue anchor delivery device further includes a plurality of tissue anchors disposed within the shaft portion of the needle and a suture coupled to each of the plurality of tissue anchors and disposed at least partially within the shaft portion of the needle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Sven Benjamin Iversen, Adam J. Yestrepsky, Amy E. Munnelly, Bin Tian, Danny Barrientos Baldo, Brian S. Conklin, Louis A. Campbell, John Richard Carpenter, Derrick Johnson
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Patent number: 11285004Abstract: A method for repairing a native valve of a patient during a non-open-heart procedure includes attaching two or more attachment members to the native valve. The method also includes applying a force to the two or more attachment members such that the two or more attachment members cause a cinching effect on at least a portion of the native valve. The method further includes securing the two or more attachment members with one or more anchor members such that the two or more attachment members maintain the cinching effect.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Sven Benjamin Iversen, Adam J. Yestrepsky, Amy E. Munnelly, Bin Tian, Danny Barrientos Baldo, Jr., Brian S. Conklin, Louis A. Campbell, John Richard Carpenter, Derrick Johnson
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Publication number: 20190380835Abstract: A method for repairing a native valve of a patient during a non-open-heart procedure includes attaching two or more attachment members to the native valve. The method also includes applying a force to the two or more attachment members such that the two or more attachment members cause a cinching effect on at least a portion of the native valve. The method further includes securing the two or more attachment members with one or more anchor members such that the two or more attachment members maintain the cinching effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Sven Benjamin Iversen, Adam J. Yestrepsky, Amy E. Munnelly, Bin Tian, Danny Barrientos Baldo, JR., Brian S. Conklin, Louis A. Campbell, John Richard Carpenter
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Patent number: 10350064Abstract: An assembly and methods for providing a contoured biological tissue are described. The assembly comprises a first plate and a second plate. The first plate is configured to receive a biological tissue. The second plate is configured to contact and compress the biological tissue received on the first plate. One or both of the first and second plates comprise a defined shape and a contoured area within the defined shape. The contoured area comprises at least first and second elevations. One or more energy sources are associated with one or both of the first and second plates. The one or more energy sources deliver energy upon compression of the biological tissue.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Amy E. Munnelly, Jeffrey S. Dove, Minsey Lee
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Publication number: 20170209263Abstract: An assembly and methods for providing a contoured biological tissue are described. The assembly comprises a first plate and a second plate. The first plate is configured to receive a biological tissue. The second plate is configured to contact and compress the biological tissue received on the first plate. One or both of the first and second plates comprise a defined shape and a contoured area within the defined shape. The contoured area comprises at least first and second elevations. One or more energy sources are associated with one or both of the first and second plates. The one or more energy sources deliver energy upon compression of the biological tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Amy E. Munnelly, Jeffrey S. Dove, Minsey Lee
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Patent number: 9615922Abstract: An assembly and methods for providing a contoured biological tissue are described. The assembly comprises a first plate and a second plate. The first plate is configured to receive a biological tissue. The second plate is configured to apply a compressive force on the biological tissue that is disposed on the first plate. One or both of the first and second plates comprise a defined shape and a contoured area within the defined shape. The contoured area comprises at least first and second elevations and a continuous transition between the first and second transitions. One or more energy sources is associated with one or both of the first and second plates. The one or more energy sources delivers energy while the second plate applies the compressive force on the biological tissue disposed on the first plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Amy E. Munnelly, Jeffrey S. Dove, Minsey Lee
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Publication number: 20150091219Abstract: An assembly and methods for providing a contoured biological tissue are described. The assembly comprises a first plate and a second plate. The first plate is configured to receive a biological tissue. The second plate is configured to apply a compressive force on the biological tissue that is disposed on the first plate. One or both of the first and second plates comprise a defined shape and a contoured area within the defined shape. The contoured area comprises at least first and second elevations and a continuous transition between the first and second transitions. One or more energy sources is associated with one or both of the first and second plates. The one or more energy sources delivers energy while the second plate applies the compressive force on the biological tissue disposed on the first plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Amy E. Munnelly, Jeffrey S. Dove, Minsey Lee