Patents by Inventor Andrew James Harlan Backus

Andrew James Harlan Backus 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).

  • Replacement heart valve commissure assembly
    Patent number: 10939996
    Abstract: A replacement heart valve commissure assembly may include a locking mechanism including a first locking portion spaced apart from a second locking portion in a delivery configuration and configured to engage with the second locking portion in a deployed configuration, wherein the first locking portion is longitudinally actuatable relative to the second locking portion between the delivery and deployed configurations. The commissure assembly may include a first valve leaflet and a second valve leaflet each secured to the first locking portion. A first sleeve portion of the first valve leaflet may be fixedly attached to a first fabric sleeve wrapped around a first leg of the first locking portion by a first filament, and a second sleeve portion of the second valve leaflet may be fixedly attached to a second fabric sleeve wrapped around a second leg of the first locking portion by a second filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jasper Ellington Adamek-Bowers, Ali Salahieh, Takashi H. Ino, Andrew James Harlan Backus, Anh Thu Pham, Brian D. Brandt, Mimi Trinh Fitterer, Michael P. Calomeni, Jarad S. Waisblatt
  • REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE COMMISSURE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190053896
    Abstract: A replacement heart valve commissure assembly may include a locking mechanism including a first locking portion spaced apart from a second locking portion in a delivery configuration and configured to engage with the second locking portion in a deployed configuration, wherein the first locking portion is longitudinally actuatable relative to the second locking portion between the delivery and deployed configurations. The commissure assembly may include a first valve leaflet and a second valve leaflet each secured to the first locking portion. A first sleeve portion of the first valve leaflet may be fixedly attached to a first fabric sleeve wrapped around a first leg of the first locking portion by a first filament, and a second sleeve portion of the second valve leaflet may be fixedly attached to a second fabric sleeve wrapped around a second leg of the first locking portion by a second filament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Jasper Ellington Adamek-Bowers, Ali Salahieh, Takashi H. Ino, Andrew James Harlan Backus, Anh Thu Pham, Brian D. Brandt, Mimi Trinh Fitterer, Michael P. Calomeni, Jarad S. Waisblatt