Patents by Inventor Gillian Maureen Bernacca

Gillian Maureen Bernacca 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).

  • Heart valve prosthesis and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 8216631
    Abstract: A cardiac valve prosthesis having a frame and two or more leaflets (preferably three) attached to the frame. The leaflets are attached to the frame between posts, with a free edge which can seal the leaflets together when the valve is closed under back pressure. The leaflets are created in a mathematically defined shape allowing good wash-out of the whole leaflet orifice, including the area close to the frame posts, thereby relieving the problem of thrombus deposition under clinical implant conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Aortech International PLC
    Inventors: Bernard O'Connor, David John Wheatley, Gillian Maureen Bernacca, William Stafford Haworth
  • HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20110049757
    Abstract: A cardiac valve prosthesis having a frame and two or more leaflets (preferably three) attached to the frame. The leaflets are attached to the frame between posts, with a free edge which can seal the leaflets together when the valve is closed under back pressure. The leaflets are created in a mathematically defined shape allowing good wash-out of the whole leaflet orifice, including the area close to the frame posts, thereby relieving the problem of thrombus deposition under clinical implant conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: AORTECH INTERNATIONAL PLC
    Inventors: Bernard O'Connor, David John Wheatley, Gillian Maureen Bernacca, William Stafford Haworth
  • Heart valve prosthesis and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 7833565
    Abstract: A cardiac valve prosthesis having a frame and two or more leaflets (preferably three) attached to the frame. The leaflets are attached to the frame between posts, with a free edge which can seal the leaflets together when the valve is closed under back pressure. The leaflets are created in a mathematically defined shape allowing good wash-out of the whole leaflet orifice, including the area close to the frame posts, thereby relieving the problem of thrombus deposition under clinical implant conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Aortech International PLC
    Inventors: Bernard O'Connor, David John Wheatley, Gillian Maureen Bernacca, William Stafford Haworth
  • Heart valve prosthesis and method of manufacture
    Publication number: 20030097175
    Abstract: A cardiac valve prosthesis having a frame and two or more leaflets (preferably three) attached to the frame. The leaflets are attached to the frame between posts, with a free edge which can seal the leaflets together when the valve is closed under back pressure. The leaflets are created in a mathematically defined shape allowing good wash-out of the whole leaflet orifice, including the area close to the frame posts, thereby relieving the problem of thrombus deposition under clinical implant conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Bernard O'Connor, David John Wheatley, Gillian Maureen Bernacca, William Stafford Haworth