Patents by Inventor Cornelius M. Crowley
Cornelius M. Crowley 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: 10856973Abstract: A replacement heart valve implant may include a braided anchor member configured to actuate between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration formed from a plurality of filaments, a circumferential seal member disposed about a distal portion of the anchor member and including a reinforcing band disposed at a distal end thereof, and a plurality of valve leaflets connected to the anchor member. The reinforcing band is secured to the anchor member adjacent a distal end of the anchor member by a plurality of lashings each attached to two individual filaments. The plurality of filaments defines a body section, a proximal crown section, and a distal crown section, wherein the proximal crown section includes a first plurality of end loops and a second plurality of end loops, wherein a proximalmost extent of the first plurality of end loops and the second plurality of end loops varies.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Andrew J. H. Backus, Ali Salahieh, Cornelius M. Crowley
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Patent number: 10342660Abstract: A medical device apparatus may include a medical implant including an anchor member configured to actuate between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration operatively connected to a delivery system, the delivery system including an outer sheath and an inner catheter disposed within the outer sheath, and a sheathing aid connecting the delivery system to the medical implant, the sheathing aid being configured to guide the medical implant into the outer sheath upon relative closing movement therebetween. The sheathing aid may include a plurality of tethers extending from the inner catheter to a proximal end of the anchor member, and a release mechanism slidably disposed within a coupler ring coupled to a distal end of the inner catheter. The plurality of tethers may be releasably coupled to the release mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC INC.Inventors: Cornelius M. Crowley, Ali Salahieh, Brian D. Brandt, Andrew J. H. Backus, Thu Pham, Luan Cao, Dwight J. Knab, Jr.
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Publication number: 20190083256Abstract: A replacement heart valve implant may include a braided anchor member configured to actuate between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration formed from a plurality of filaments, a circumferential seal member disposed about a distal portion of the anchor member and including a reinforcing band disposed at a distal end thereof, and a plurality of valve leaflets connected to the anchor member. The reinforcing band is secured to the anchor member adjacent a distal end of the anchor member by a plurality of lashings each attached to two individual filaments. The plurality of filaments defines a body section, a proximal crown section, and a distal crown section, wherein the proximal crown section includes a first plurality of end loops and a second plurality of end loops, wherein a proximalmost extent of the first plurality of end loops and the second plurality of end loops varies.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INC.Inventors: Andrew J.H. Backus, Ali Salahieh, Cornelius M. Crowley
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Patent number: 10201417Abstract: A tubular seal for a prosthetic heart valve includes an elastomeric polymer matrix and a plurality of non-elastic fibers retained within the matrix. The non-elastic fibers can be arranged in the elastomeric polymer matrix to allow the tubular seal to stretch in axial and radial directions.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INC.Inventors: Johnhan Lin, Christopher M. Miracle, Christopher B. Finnegan, Cornelius M. Crowley, Nadina Hammer, Marissa Pumares, Dominika Jerczynska, Patricia Byrne, Laura Luong
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Patent number: 10136991Abstract: A replacement heart valve implant may include a braided anchor member configured to actuate between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration formed from a plurality of filaments, a circumferential seal member disposed about a distal portion of the anchor member and including a reinforcing band disposed at a distal end thereof, and a plurality of valve leaflets connected to the anchor member. The reinforcing band is secured to the anchor member adjacent a distal end of the anchor member by a plurality of lashings each attached to two individual filaments. The plurality of filaments defines a body section, a proximal crown section, and a distal crown section, wherein the proximal crown section includes a first plurality of end loops and a second plurality of end loops, wherein a proximalmost extent of the first plurality of end loops and the second plurality of end loops varies.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc.Inventors: Andrew J. H. Backus, Ali Salahieh, Cornelius M. Crowley
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Publication number: 20180085214Abstract: A replacement heart valve implant may include an expandable anchor member actuatable between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration, a plurality of locking mechanisms configured to maintain the expandable anchor member in the deployed configuration, one or more valve leaflets attached to each of the plurality of locking mechanisms, and at least one polymeric laminate corresponding to each locking mechanism, each of the at least one polymeric laminate sized and configured for mounting between a first portion of the corresponding locking mechanism and the expandable anchor member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Cornelius M. Crowley, Ali Salahieh, Takashi H. Ino, Christopher Blake Finnegan, Floriza Q. Escalona, Anh Thu Pham, Bhakta Basnet, Karl Damon Fleck, Leticia Marquez Garcia, Jay Yang, Brian D. Brandt, David Chia-Wei Wang, Connor Gordon Mulcahy
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Publication number: 20170216029Abstract: A medical device apparatus may include a medical implant including an anchor member configured to actuate between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration operatively connected to a delivery system, the delivery system including an outer sheath and an inner catheter disposed within the outer sheath, and a sheathing aid connecting the delivery system to the medical implant, the sheathing aid being configured to guide the medical implant into the outer sheath upon relative closing movement therebetween. The sheathing aid may include a plurality of tethers extending from the inner catheter to a proximal end of the anchor member, and a release mechanism slidably disposed within a coupler ring coupled to a distal end of the inner catheter. The plurality of tethers may be releasably coupled to the release mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Cornelius M. Crowley, Ali Salahieh, Brian D. Brandt, Andrew J.H. Backus, Thu Pham, Luan Cao, Dwight J. Knab, JR.
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Publication number: 20170042672Abstract: A replacement heart valve implant may include a braided anchor member configured to actuate between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration formed from a plurality of filaments, a circumferential seal member disposed about a distal portion of the anchor member and including a reinforcing band disposed at a distal end thereof, and a plurality of valve leaflets connected to the anchor member. The reinforcing band is secured to the anchor member adjacent a distal end of the anchor member by a plurality of lashings each attached to two individual filaments. The plurality of filaments defines a body section, a proximal crown section, and a distal crown section, wherein the proximal crown section includes a first plurality of end loops and a second plurality of end loops, wherein a proximalmost extent of the first plurality of end loops and the second plurality of end loops varies.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INC.Inventors: Andrew J.H. Backus, Ali Salahieh, Cornelius M. Crowley
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Publication number: 20160220360Abstract: A tubular seal for a prosthetic heart valve includes an elastomeric polymer matrix and a plurality of non-elastic fibers retained within the matrix. The non-elastic fibers can be arranged in the elastomeric polymer matrix to allow the tubular seal to stretch in axial and radial directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: John Lin, Christopher M. Miracle, Christopher B. Finnegan, Cornelius M. Crowley, Nadina Hammer, Marissa Pumares, Dominika Jerczynska, Patricia Byrne, Laura Luong