Patents by Inventor Dwight John Knab, JR.

Dwight John Knab, JR. 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: 11229517
    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 the second locking portion in a deployed configuration, the first locking portion being longitudinally actuatable relative to the second locking portion between the delivery and deployed configurations; and first and second valve leaflets 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. 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. The first fabric sleeve may include first and second end portions, and an elastic central portion configured to engage the first leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jasper Ellington Adamek-Bowers, Ali Salahieh, Anh Thu Pham, Dwight John Knab, Jr.
  • REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE COMMISSURE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190350701
    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 the second locking portion in a deployed configuration, the first locking portion being longitudinally actuatable relative to the second locking portion between the delivery and deployed configurations; and first and second valve leaflets 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. 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. The first fabric sleeve may include first and second end portions, and an elastic central portion configured to engage the first leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Jasper Ellington Adamek-Bowers, Ali Salahieh, Anh Thu Pham, Dwight John Knab, JR.