Patents by Inventor J. Scott Rankin
J. Scott Rankin 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).
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Publication number: 20220218479Abstract: An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps is provided which includes a frame body with native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points; the curvatures shaped to be received inside the valve below the native aortic cusps and to reorient the native aortic cusps within the aortic valve, where each of the curvatures extends concavely upward from a reference latitudinal plane tangential to each curvature's base.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventor: J. Scott Rankin
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Publication number: 20200138566Abstract: An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps is provided which includes a frame body with native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points; the curvatures shaped to be received inside the valve below the native aortic cusps and to reorient the native aortic cusps within the aortic valve, where each of the curvatures extends concavely upward from a reference latitudinal plane tangential to each curvature's base.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: J. Scott Rankin
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Patent number: 10327891Abstract: An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps is provided which includes a frame body with native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points; the curvatures shaped to be received inside the valve below the native aortic cusps and to reorient the native aortic cusps within the aortic valve, where each of the curvatures extends concavely upward from a reference latitudinal plane tangential to each curvature's base.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: BIOSTABLE SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, INC.Inventor: J. Scott Rankin
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Patent number: 10130462Abstract: An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps is provided which includes a frame body with native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points; the curvatures shaped to be received inside the valve below the native aortic cusps and to reorient the native aortic cusps within the aortic valve, where each of the curvatures extends concavely upward from a reference latitudinal plane tangential to each curvature's base.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2013Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: BioStable Science & Engineering, Inc.Inventor: J. Scott Rankin
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Publication number: 20180193136Abstract: An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps is provided which includes a frame body with native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points; the curvatures shaped to be received inside the valve below the native aortic cusps and to reorient the native aortic cusps within the aortic valve, where each of the curvatures extends concavely upward from a reference latitudinal plane tangential to each curvature's base.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventor: J. Scott Rankin
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Patent number: 9844434Abstract: An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps is provided which includes a frame body with native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points; the curvatures shaped to be received inside the valve below the native aortic cusps and to reorient the native aortic cusps within the aortic valve, where each of the curvatures extends concavely upward from a reference latitudinal plane tangential to each curvature's base.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2014Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Biostable Science & Engineering, Inc.Inventor: J. Scott Rankin
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Patent number: 9814574Abstract: The present disclosure provides aortic valve prosthetic devices that are constructed in a non-axisymmetric shape, or are expandable to a non-axisymmetric shape for improved results in the repair of defective aortic valves. The devices can be surgically implanted, or they can be implanted percutaneously through an insertion catheter. The expandable devices can be self-expanding or expanded by an inflatable balloon to a non-axisymmetric cross-section geometry.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Biostable Science & Engineering, Inc.Inventors: J Scott Rankin, Al Beavan, William E. Cohn
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Publication number: 20160000560Abstract: The present disclosure provides aortic valve prosthetic devices that are constructed in a non-axisymmetric shape, or are expandable to a non-axisymmetric shape for improved results in the repair of defective aortic valves. The devices can be surgically implanted, or they can be implanted percutaneously through an insertion catheter. The expandable devices can be self-expanding or expanded by an inflatable balloon to a non-axisymmetric cross-section geometry.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: J. Scott Rankin, Al Beavan, William E. Cohn
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Patent number: 9161835Abstract: The present disclosure provides aortic valve prosthetic devices that are constructed in a non-axisymmetric shape, or are expandable to a non-axisymmetric shape for improved results in the repair of defective aortic valves. The devices can be surgically implanted, or they can be implanted percutaneously through an insertion catheter. The expandable devices can be self-expanding or expanded by an inflatable balloon to a non-axisymmetric cross-section geometry.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Biostable Science & Engineering, Inc.Inventors: J. Scott Rankin, Al Beavan, William E. Cohn
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Publication number: 20150265404Abstract: An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps is provided which includes a frame body with native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points; the curvatures shaped to be received inside the valve below the native aortic cusps and to reorient the native aortic cusps within the aortic valve, where each of the curvatures extends concavely upward from a reference latitudinal plane tangential to each curvature's base.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2014Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: BIOSTABLE SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, INC.Inventor: J. Scott Rankin
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Publication number: 20140012374Abstract: An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps is provided which includes a frame body with native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points; the curvatures shaped to be received inside the valve below the native aortic cusps and to reorient the native aortic cusps within the aortic valve, where each of the curvatures extends concavely upward from a reference latitudinal plane tangential to each curvature's base.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventor: J. Scott Rankin
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Patent number: 8425594Abstract: An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps is provided which includes a frame body with native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points; the curvatures shaped to be received inside the valve below the native aortic cusps and to reorient the native aortic cusps within the aortic valve, where each of the curvatures extends concavely upward from a reference latitudinal plane tangential to each curvature's base.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2012Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Inventor: J. Scott Rankin
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Publication number: 20120239143Abstract: The present disclosure provides aortic valve prosthetic devices that are constructed in a non-axisymmetric shape, or are expandable to a non-axisymmetric shape for improved results in the repair of defective aortic valves. The devices can be surgically implanted, or they can be implanted percutaneously through an insertion catheter. The expandable devices can be self-expanding or expanded by an inflatable balloon to a non-axisymmetric cross-section geometry.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: BioStable Science & Engineering, Inc.Inventors: J. Scott Rankin, Al Beavan, William E. Cohn
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Publication number: 20120209380Abstract: An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps is provided which includes a frame body with native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points; the curvatures shaped to be received inside the valve below the native aortic cusps and to reorient the native aortic cusps within the aortic valve, where each of the curvatures extends concavely upward from a reference latitudinal plane tangential to each curvature's base.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Inventor: J. Scott Rankin
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Publication number: 20120143324Abstract: The present disclosure provides aortic valve prosthetic devices that are constructed in an elliptical shape, or are expandable to an elliptical shape for improved results in the repair of defective aortic valves. The devices can be surgically implanted, or they can be implanted percutaneously through an insertion catheter. The expandable devices can be self-expanding or expanded by an inflatable balloon to an elliptical cross section geometry.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: BioStable Science & Engineering, Inc.Inventors: J. Scott Rankin, Al Beavan, William E. Cohn
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Patent number: 8163011Abstract: An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps is provided which includes a frame body with native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points; the curvatures shaped to be received inside the valve below the native aortic cusps and to reorient the native aortic cusps within the aortic valve, where each of the curvatures extends concavely upward from a reference latitudinal plane tangential to each curvature's base.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2007Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Biostable Science & Engineering, Inc.Inventor: J. Scott Rankin
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Publication number: 20120083880Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intra-annular mounting frame that is roughly elliptical in shape and has outward flaring posts, which provides improved results in the repair of defective aortic valves. Also disclosed are surgical methods for implanting the elliptical intra-annular mounting frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: BioStable Science & Engineering, Inc.Inventors: J. Scott Rankin, Al Beavan
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Publication number: 20080086204Abstract: An intra-annular mounting frame useful for, inter alia, restoring the geometry of a valve to achieve proper coaptation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2007Publication date: April 10, 2008Inventor: J. Scott Rankin
