Patents by Inventor Kate E. Traynor

Kate E. Traynor 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).

  • Suture cutter and method of cutting suture
    Patent number: 8911461
    Abstract: Suture cutters and methods of cutting suture in a surgical procedure. The suture cutter may include an actuator, an intermediate cannula portion and a movable cutting assembly. The cutting assembly may be operatively coupled to the actuator and include a cutting element. An adjustably sized cutting window receives the suture. The adjustably sized cutting window may be bound on at least one side with the cutting element for cutting the suture received inside the cutting window. Actuation moves the cutting assembly to cut the suture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Mitralign, Inc.
    Inventors: Kate E. Traynor, Steven D. Cahalane, Edward I. McNamara, Joseph A. Meranda, Paul T. Modoono, Joseph P. Lane, Aaron M. Call
  • TISSUE ANCHORS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS, AND DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140094906
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for securing tissue including the annulus of a mitral valve. The systems, devices and methods may employ catheter based techniques and devices to plicate tissue and perform an annuloplasty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: MITRALIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Paul A. Spence, Donald S. Baim, Edward I. McNamara, Hiroatsu Sugimoto, Joseph P. Lane, Jason H. Robinson, Aaron M. Call, Steven D. Cahalane, Mark Maguire, Kate E. Traynor
  • PLICATION ASSISTANCE DEVICES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20080228266
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for securing tissue including the annulus of a mitral valve. The systems, devices and methods may employ catheter based techniques and devices to plicate tissue and perform an annuloplasty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: MITRALIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Edward I. McNamara, Christopher C. Lee, Aaron M. Call, Steven D. Cahalane, Megan E. Holmes, Richard J. Morrill, Kate E. Traynor, Joseph P. Lane
  • TISSUE ANCHORS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS, AND DEVICES
    Publication number: 20080228265
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for securing tissue including the annulus of a mitral valve. The systems, devices and methods may employ catheter based techniques and devices to plicate tissue and perform an annuloplasty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: MITRALIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Paul A. Spence, Donald S. Baim, Edward I. McNamara, Hiroatsu Sugimoto, Joseph P. Lane, Jason H. Robinson, Aaron M. Call, Steven D. Cahalane, Mark Maguire, Kate E. Traynor
  • SUTURE CUTTER AND METHOD OF CUTTING SUTURE
    Publication number: 20080228198
    Abstract: Suture cutters and methods of cutting suture in a surgical procedure. The suture cutter may include an actuator, an intermediate cannula portion and a movable cutting assembly. The cutting assembly may be operatively coupled to the actuator and include a cutting element. An adjustably sized cutting window receives the suture. The adjustably sized cutting window may be bound on at least one side with the cutting element for cutting the suture received inside the cutting window. Actuation moves the cutting assembly to cut the suture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: MITRALIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Kate E. Traynor, Steven D. Cahalane, Edward I. McNamara, Joseph A. Meranda, Paul T. Modoono, Joseph P. Lane, Aaron M. Call