Patents by Inventor Herminia C. Heflin

Herminia C. Heflin 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).

  • Self-aligning radiopaque ring
    Patent number: 10856988
    Abstract: An intravascular device configured to be recaptured within a guide catheter has a ring located at the distal end of a delivery catheter. The ring has an outer diameter greater than that of the delivery catheter and a sloped guide surface near the outer edge of the ring to urge the ring and delivery catheter toward a radially centered position within the guide catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: EVALVE, INC.
    Inventors: Sean A. McNiven, Herminia C. Heflin, Stephanie A. Kozuma
  • SELF-ALIGNING RADIOPAQUE RING
    Publication number: 20190167430
    Abstract: An intravascular device configured to be recaptured within a guide catheter has a ring located at the distal end of a delivery catheter. The ring has an outer diameter greater than that of the delivery catheter and a sloped guide surface near the outer edge of the ring to urge the ring and delivery catheter toward a radially centered position within the guide catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Sean A. McNiven, Herminia C. Heflin, Stephanie A. Kozuma
  • Self-aligning radiopaque ring
    Patent number: 10238494
    Abstract: An intravascular device configured to be recaptured within a guide catheter has a ring located at the distal end of a delivery catheter. The ring has an outer diameter greater than that of the delivery catheter and a sloped guide surface near the outer edge of the ring to urge the ring and delivery catheter toward a radially centered position within the guide catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: EVALVE, INC.
    Inventors: Sean A. McNiven, Herminia C. Heflin, Stephanie A. Kozuma
  • SELF-ALIGNING RADIOPAQUE RING
    Publication number: 20160374811
    Abstract: An intravascular device configured to be recaptured within a guide catheter has a ring located at the distal end of a delivery catheter. The ring has an outer diameter greater than that of the delivery catheter and a sloped guide surface near the outer edge of the ring to urge the ring and delivery catheter toward a radially centered position within the guide catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Sean A. McNiven, Herminia C. Heflin, Stephanie A. Kozuma