Patents by Inventor Anne BREITHAUPT

Anne BREITHAUPT 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).

  • Prosthetic valve device resistant to backfolding and buckling
    Patent number: 11951004
    Abstract: A prosthesis includes a tubular graft, a prosthetic valve component, an inflow stent, an outflow stent, and a plurality of body stents disposed between the inflow and outflow stents. Each stent is a sinusoidal patterned radially-expandable ring having a first set of crowns and a second set of crowns, with the first set of crowns disposed closer to an inflow end of the tubular graft than the second set of crowns. The prosthesis is configured to be resistant to backfolding and/or buckling during deployment thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Kelley, Victoria Tien, Alaena Maiorano, Geoffrey Orth, Mostafa Toloui, Michael Schendel, Anne Breithaupt, Vickie Pham, Cathleen Bergin
  • PROSTHETIC VALVE DEVICE RESISTANT TO BACKFOLDING AND BUCKLING
    Publication number: 20220273437
    Abstract: A prosthesis includes a tubular graft, a prosthetic valve component, an inflow stent, an outflow stent, and a plurality of body stents disposed between the inflow and outflow stents. Each stent is a sinusoidal patterned radially-expandable ring having a first set of crowns and a second set of crowns, with the first set of crowns disposed closer to an inflow end of the tubular graft than the second set of crowns. The prosthesis is configured to be resistant to backfolding and/or buckling during deployment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy KELLEY, Victoria TIEN, Alaena MAIORANO, Geoffrey ORTH, Mostafa TOLOUI, Michael SCHENDEL, Anne BREITHAUPT, Vickie PHAM, Cathleen BERGIN