Patents by Inventor Heath Marnach

Heath Marnach 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: 20240091000
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve may include a collapsible and expandable frame that, in an expanded condition, includes a central portion, an atrial portion flaring radially outwardly from the central portion, and a ventricular portion flaring radially outwardly from the central portion. A tube positioned within the frame may have a lumen extending along a longitudinal axis of the frame, wherein the tube is formed of tissue or fabric. Prosthetic leaflets may be directly coupled to the tube to form a valve allowing blood to flow through the lumen of the tube in an antegrade direction but substantially blocking blood from flowing through the lumen of the tube in a retrograde direction. A plurality of cords may each have a first end coupled to the frame and a second end coupled to the tube. Each of the plurality of cords may extend in a radial direction toward the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Alec King, David A. Panus, William H. Peckels, Paul Robinson, Heath Marnach, Preston James Huddleston, Son Mai
  • Publication number: 20240033078
    Abstract: In some examples, a prosthetic heart valve system includes an outer stent, an inner stent coupled to the outer stent, the inner stent supporting a valve assembly including a cuff and a plurality of leaflets, and at least one linking member coupling the outer stent to the inner stent, the at least one linking member being transitionable between a collapsed condition and a relaxed condition, the inner stent being axially spaced away from the outer stent when the at least one linking member is in the collapsed condition, and the inner stent being at least partially nested within the outer stent when the at least one linking member is in the relaxed condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Peckels, Heath Marnach, Preston James Huddleston, Tracee Eidenschink
  • Publication number: 20230363904
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve for replacing a native atrioventricular valve may include a self-expanding stent formed as a monolithic structure. The stent may include an atrial disk, a ventricular disk, and a center portion extending between the atrial disk and the ventricular disk. A plurality of prosthetic leaflets may be directly coupled to the center portion of the stent. An outer fabric may be coupled to the stent. In an implanted condition of the prosthetic heart valve, the atrial disk is sized to contact an atrial side of the native atrioventricular valve, the ventricular disk is sized to contact a ventricular side of the native atrioventricular valve, the center portion is sized to be positioned radially inside the native atrioventricular valve without pressing against the native atrioventricular valve, and the outer fabric is configured to directly contact the native atrioventricular valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Peckels, Heath Marnach, Preston James Huddleston, Son Mai, Zachary R. Vidlund, Alec King
  • Publication number: 20230355381
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a stent body and prosthetic leaflets. The stent body extends from an inflow end to an outflow end and includes an annulus section defining a first row of cells extending in a circumferential direction, the stent body being expandable from a delivery condition having a first diameter to a deployed condition having a second diameter larger than the first diameter. The prosthetic leaflets are mounted to the stent body allow flow in an antegrade direction but substantially block flow in a retrograde direction. The first row of cells is circumferentially continuous in the delivery condition and in the deployed condition, and the stent body is further expandable from the deployed condition to an open condition in which the first row of cells is circumferentially discontinuous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Peckels, Heath Marnach
  • Publication number: 20230240847
    Abstract: A medical device for treating a native heart valve may include a frame formed of shape-memory material, the frame including a central bar extending between a first leg and a second leg of the frame. The frame may be transitionable between a delivery condition and a deployed condition. The first leg and the second leg may each having a curved portion with a concave outer surface in the deployed condition. The concave outer surface may be sized and shaped to engage a corresponding native commissure of the native heart valve so that, when the frame is deployed within the native heart valve, the central bar bridges across the native heart valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Peckels, Heath Marnach, Michael J. Urick
  • Publication number: 20230025890
    Abstract: A prosthetic mitral valve with improved blood flow to the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT). The prosthetic mitral valve includes an expandable outer stent having an atrial end and a ventricular end, and an expandable inner stent attached to and at least partially positioned within the outer stent. The inner stent has an inflow end, an outflow end and a connector securing a tether. A valve assembly including a cuff and a plurality of leaflets may be disposed within the inner stent. The outer stent is expandable from a delivery condition in which the outer stent is axially elongated to a deployed condition in which a first portion of the outer stent is folded upon a second portion of the outer stent to define a flange for engaging an atrial surface of a native valve annulus and to stabilize the prosthetic heart valve within the native valve annulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Tendyne Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Heath Marnach, William Peckels