Patents by Inventor Christina E. Franke

Christina E. Franke 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).

  • Publication number: 20240081853
    Abstract: An in-situ fenestration device. The device includes a sheath, a sonic catheter extending with the sheath and having a cutting tool at a distal section thereof, and a balloon catheter extending within the sonic catheter. The cutting tool of the sonic catheter is configured to cut a fenestration in a graft material at a fenestration site of a stent graft upon being energized with ultrasonic energy at a cutting frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yogesh A. DAREKAR, Amal ELGAMIL, Christina E. FRANKE, Kevin M. MAUCH, Anish S. NIGADE
  • Publication number: 20220280293
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include delivery devices for transcatheter delivery of a cardiac implant. Delivery devices can include a handle assembly as well as a piston mount connected to the handle assembly and having a distal portion terminating at a nose cap. The distal portion includes a stop extending radially from and fixed to the distal portion. The delivery device further includes a capsule assembly including a biasing element for selectively sheathing the implant and a plurality of retraction members secured about a distal end of the biasing element to control deployment of the implant. In various examples, the biasing element is a helical compression spring and the implant is a prosthetic tricuspid heart valve. Methods of loading a delivery device and delivering an implant are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimaya N. Gupte, Christina E. Franke, Alexandra C. Dotti, Isabel H. Mulvihill