Patents by Inventor Carol E. Eberhardt
Carol E. Eberhardt 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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Publication number: 20240016603Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stented valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
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Patent number: 11786367Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stented valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
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Patent number: 11654022Abstract: A single piece stent construction having a plurality of commissure posts, each of which extends upwardly from a solid ring along a bend line and generally along a central longitudinal axis of the stent.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Carol E. Eberhardt, Faisal Kalam
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Patent number: 11607311Abstract: A stented valve including a stent structure including a generally tubular body portion having a first end, a second end, an interior area, a longitudinal axis, and a plurality of vertical wires extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis around a periphery of the body portion, wherein the plurality of vertical wires includes multiple commissure wires and at least one structural wire positioned between adjacent commissure wires, and a plurality of V-shaped wire structures having a first end, a second end, and a peak between the first and second ends, wherein a first end of each V-shaped structure extends from a first vertical wire and a second end of each V-shaped structure extends from a second vertical wire that is adjacent to the first vertical wire, wherein each V-shaped structure is oriented so that its peak is facing in the same direction relative to the first and second ends of the body portion, and a valve structure including a plurality of leaflets attached to the stent structure within theType: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Carol E. Eberhardt, Charles P. Tabor, Carolyn Majkrzak, Timothy R. Ryan, Melissa Young, Maria Awad, Janice L. Shay
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Patent number: 11284999Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stewed valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
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Patent number: 11259919Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stewed valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
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Publication number: 20210322161Abstract: A stented valve including a stent structure including a generally tubular body portion having a first end, a second end, an interior area, a longitudinal axis, and a plurality of vertical wires extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis around a periphery of the body portion, wherein the plurality of vertical wires includes multiple commissure wires and at least one structural wire positioned between adjacent commissure wires, and a plurality of V-shaped wire structures having a first end, a second end, and a peak between the first and second ends, wherein a first end of each V-shaped structure extends from a first vertical wire and a second end of each V-shaped structure extends from a second vertical wire that is adjacent to the first vertical wire, wherein each V-shaped structure is oriented so that its peak is facing in the same direction relative to the first and second ends of the body portion, and a valve structure including a plurality of leaflets attached to the stent structure within theType: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Carol E. Eberhardt, Charles P. Tabor, Carolyn Majkrzak, Timothy R. Ryan, Melissa Young, Maria Awad, Janice L. Shay
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Publication number: 20210315693Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stewed valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
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Publication number: 20210038380Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stented valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
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Publication number: 20200405478Abstract: A surgical sutureless valve that is attached to a stent frame for delivery to a location in a patient using percutaneous implantation devices and methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Billie J. Millwee, Mark J. Capps, Janice L. Shay, Debra A. Taitague, Mark J. Dolan, Carol E. Eberhardt
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Publication number: 20200383778Abstract: A single piece stent construction having a plurality of commissure posts, each of which extends upwardly from a solid ring along a bend line and generally along a central longitudinal axis of the stent.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Carol E. Eberhardt, Faisal Kalam
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Publication number: 20200345486Abstract: A stented valve including a stent structure including a generally tubular body portion having a first end, a second end, an interior area, a longitudinal axis, and a plurality of vertical wires extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis around a periphery of the body portion, wherein the plurality of vertical wires includes multiple commissure wires and at least one structural wire positioned between adjacent commissure wires, and a plurality of V-shaped wire structures having a first end, a second end, and a peak between the first and second ends, wherein a first end of each V-shaped structure extends from a first vertical wire and a second end of each V-shaped structure extends from a second vertical wire that is adjacent to the first vertical wire, wherein each V-shaped structure is oriented so that its peak is facing in the same direction relative to the first and second ends of the body portion, and a valve structure including a plurality of leaflets attached to the stent structure within theType: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: Carol E. Eberhardt, Charles P. Tabor, Carolyn Majkrzak, Timothy R. Ryan, Melissa Young, Maria Awad, Janice L. Shay
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Patent number: 10820993Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stented valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
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Patent number: 10806569Abstract: A surgical sutureless valve that is attached to a stent frame for delivery to a location in a patient using percutaneous implantation devices and methods.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Billie J. Millwee, Mark J. Capps, Janice L. Shay, Debra A. Taitague, Mark J. Dolan, Carol E. Eberhardt
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Patent number: 10758343Abstract: A stented valve including a stent structure including a generally tubular body portion having a first end, a second end, an interior area, a longitudinal axis, and a plurality of vertical wires extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis around a periphery of the body portion, wherein the plurality of vertical wires includes multiple commissure wires and at least one structural wire positioned between adjacent commissure wires, and a plurality of V-shaped wire structures having a first end, a second end, and a peak between the first and second ends, wherein a first end of each V-shaped structure extends from a first vertical wire and a second end of each V-shaped structure extends from a second vertical wire that is adjacent to the first vertical wire, wherein each V-shaped structure is oriented so that its peak is facing in the same direction relative to the first and second ends of the body portion, and a valve structure including a plurality of leaflets attached to the stent structure within theType: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Carol E. Eberhardt, Charles Tabor, Carolyn Majkrzak, Timothy R. Ryan, Melissa R. Young, Maria Awad, Janice L. Shay
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Patent number: 10729540Abstract: A single piece stent construction having a plurality of commissure posts, each of which extends upwardly from a solid ring along a bend line and generally along a central longitudinal axis of the stent.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Carol E. Eberhardt, Faisal Kalam
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Patent number: 10646335Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stewed valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
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Publication number: 20200113684Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stented valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek
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Patent number: 10548723Abstract: A stented valve having at least one leaflet made of pericardium or other material having a relatively thin profile at the annulus. The leaflets are attached via chords to a stent frame, where the chords are positioned to mimic the native valve anatomy and functionality. In particular, the valves of one exemplary embodiment of the invention are sized to replace a mitral valve and therefore the chords are arranged to prevent prolapse of the leaflets into the atrium. The stented valve has a relatively short height at its annulus due to the positioning of the chords. In addition, the stented valve is capable of being crimped to a small enough size that it can be delivered to the implantation site via transcatheter delivery systems and methods.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Alexander J. Hill, Cynthia Clague, Carol E. Eberhardt, Ana Menk, Mark J. Capps, Billie Millwee, Janice Lynn Shay, Debra Taitague, Joseph C. Morrow, Jerald Redmond
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Publication number: 20200030089Abstract: A stented valve including a generally tubular stent structure that has a longitudinal axis, first and second opposite ends, a plurality of commissure support structures spaced from the first and second ends and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one structural wire positioned between each two adjacent commissure support structures, and at least one wing portion extending from two adjacent commissure support structures and toward one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The stewed valve further includes a valve structure attached within the generally tubular stent structure to the commissure support structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Charles Tabor, Carol E. Eberhardt, Timothy G. Laske, Timothy R. Ryan, Joseph C. Morrow, Tammy Y. Tam, Brian A. Glynn, Anne L. Brody Rubin, Michael J. Tuchek