Patents by Inventor Heather Getty

Heather Getty 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).

  • Prosthesis deployment device with translucent distal end
    Patent number: 9545299
    Abstract: A prosthesis delivery and deployment device includes an elongate and flexible outer catheter. The outer catheter has a tubular wall of layered construction, including translucent layers, opaque layers, and a braid composed of helically wound metal filaments. The outer catheter has a translucent distal adapted to constrain a radially self-expanding prosthesis in a radially reduced, axially elongated state. Because the stent constraining region is translucent, an endoscope can be used to visually monitor the stent when so constrained. Radiopaque markers can be mounted to the outer catheter and to an inner catheter used to deploy the prosthesis, to afford a combined visual and fluoroscopic monitoring for enhanced accuracy in positioning the prosthesis, both before and during its deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer E. Raeder-Devens, Susan I. Shelso, James F. Hemerick, Eric Schneider, Heather Getty, Doreen Borgmann, Kakao Sisombath, Jeffrey A. Helgerson
  • PROSTHESIS DEPLOYMENT DEVICE WITH TRANSLUCENT DISTAL END
    Publication number: 20140013572
    Abstract: A prosthesis delivery and deployment device includes an elongate and flexible outer catheter. The outer catheter has a tubular wall of layered construction, including translucent layers, opaque layers, and a braid composed of helically wound metal filaments. The outer catheter has a translucent distal adapted to constrain a radially self-expanding prosthesis in a radially reduced, axially elongated state. Because the stent constraining region is translucent, an endoscope can be used to visually monitor the stent when so constrained. Radiopaque markers can be mounted to the outer catheter and to an inner catheter used to deploy the prosthesis, to afford a combined visual and fluoroscopic monitoring for enhanced accuracy in positioning the prosthesis, both before and during its deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer E. Raeder-Devens, Susan I. Shelso, James F. Hemerick, Eric Schneider, Heather Getty, Doreen Borgmann, Kakao Sisombath, Jeffrey A. Helgerson