Patents by Inventor Gregory B. Stone

Gregory B. Stone 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).

  • Patent number: 11957577
    Abstract: Embodiments of delivery systems, devices and methods for delivering a prosthetic heart valve device to a heart chamber for expanded implementation are disclosed. More specifically, methods, systems and devices are disclosed for delivering a self-expanding prosthetic mitral valve device to the left atrium, with no engagement of the left ventricle, the native mitral valve leaflets or the annular tissue downstream of the upper annular surface during delivery, and in some embodiments with no engagement of the ventricle, mitral valve leaflets and/or annular tissue located downstream of the upper annular surface by the delivered, positioned and expanded prosthetic mitral valve device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: 4C Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Chambers, Gregory G. Brucker, Joseph P. Higgins, Saravana B. Kumar, Jason S. Diedering, Karl A. Kabarowski, Robert J. Thatcher, James E. Flaherty, Jeffrey R. Stone
  • Patent number: 4129302
    Abstract: A game requiring (a) two distinguishable sets having the same number of playing pieces, the pieces of each set being of various lengths corresponding to consecutive values in a Fibonacci series, e.g. 1:1:2:3:5:8, and (b) a measure adapted to receive the playing pieces laid end-to-end; and wherein, with each player in turn placing a selected piece so as to form a growing column of pieces laid end-to-end extending along the measure, the objective is to force the other player to cause the column to reach or exceed a chosen marked length on the measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1978
    Inventor: Gregory B. Stone