Patents by Inventor Laura McKinley
Laura McKinley 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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Patent number: 11969329Abstract: A “dry” packaging in which a prosthetic heart valve is packaged within a container with hydrogel that can be provided in many forms. Certain embodiments include hydrogel that is preloaded with glycerol or the like. The hydrogel regulates the humidity within the container through a diffusion-driven mechanism if a gradient of humidity between the inside and the outside of the hydrogel exists. Humidity regulation is important to prevent the tissue of the valve structure from drying out. When the partially-hydrated hydrogel is present within container, which is saturated with air of a predefined humidity, the water molecules from the air will be absorbed by the hydrogel if the air humidity is high (i.e. when the thermodynamics favor hydrogel hydration) or vice versa. Various embodiments are configured to also house at least a portion of a delivery device for delivering the prosthetic heart valve.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.Inventors: Raymond Ryan, David Clarke, Kshitija Garde, Ya Guo, Benjamin Wong, Yogesh Darekar, Luke Lehmann, Wei Wang, Laura McKinley, Paul Devereux, Joshua Dudney, Tracey Tien, Karl Olney
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Publication number: 20240135387Abstract: A customer service workflow allows for the moderation users within a mobile gaming environment. Telemetry event data, including user generated reports, sent from mobile gaming devices are formatted into queries are processed by a data visualization tool. Custom code forms completed by an administrative user initiate one or more serverless functions. Serverless functions include user actions (e.g., ban, warn), database updates and user notifications to improve the experience within the mobile gaming environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Glen MACKAY, David GROSSMAN, Laura MCKINLEY
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Publication number: 20230363894Abstract: A paravalvular leak resistant prosthetic heart valve system including a stent frame, a valve structure and a sealing mechanism. The stent frame has a surface. The valve structure is associated with the stent frame. The sealing mechanism at least partially extends over the surface of the stent frame. The sealing mechanism includes at least one semi-permeable membrane and an osmotic gradient driving material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Wei Wang, Joshua Dudney, Kshitija P. Garde, Laura McKinley, Benjamin Wong
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Patent number: 11766325Abstract: Devices for, and methods of, compressing a stented prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. The method including inserting a stented prosthetic heart valve having a self-expandable stent frame into a container, initiating a cooling element in the container, transferring heat through a thermal conductor to cool an interior of the container, reducing a temperature of the self-expandable stent frame while located within the container to a critical temperature of not greater than 8° C., and compressing an outer diameter of the stented prosthetic heart valve while the stented prosthetic heart valve is at the critical temperature.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.Inventors: Wei Wang, Benjamin Wong, Laura McKinley, Joshua Dudney, Tracey Tien, Karl Olney
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Patent number: 11737866Abstract: A paravalvular leak resistant prosthetic heart valve system including a stent frame, a valve structure and a sealing mechanism. The stent frame has a surface. The valve structure is associated with the stent frame. The sealing mechanism at least partially extends over the surface of the stent frame. The sealing mechanism includes at least one semi-permeable membrane and an osmotic gradient driving material.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.Inventors: Wei Wang, Joshua Dudney, Kshitija P. Garde, Laura McKinley, Benjamin Wong
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Publication number: 20220273425Abstract: Devices for, and methods of, compressing a stented prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. The method including inserting a stented prosthetic heart valve having a self-expandable stent frame into a container, initiating a cooling element in the container, transferring heat through a thermal conductor to cool an interior of the container, reducing a temperature of the self-expandable stent frame while located within the container to a critical temperature of not greater than 8° C., and compressing an outer diameter of the stented prosthetic heart valve while the stented prosthetic heart valve is at the critical temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Wei Wang, Benjamin Wong, Laura McKinley, Joshua Dudney, Tracey Tien, Karl Olney
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Publication number: 20220257360Abstract: A “dry” packaging in which a prosthetic heart valve is packaged within a container with hydrogel that can be provided in many forms. Certain embodiments include hydrogel that is preloaded with glycerol or the like. The hydrogel regulates the humidity within the container through a diffusion-driven mechanism if a gradient of humidity between the inside and the outside of the hydrogel exists. Humidity regulation is important to prevent the tissue of the valve structure from drying out. When the partially-hydrated hydrogel is present within container, which is saturated with air of a predefined humidity, the water molecules from the air will be absorbed by the hydrogel if the air humidity is high (i.e. when the thermodynamics favor hydrogel hydration) or vice versa. Various embodiments are configured to also house at least a portion of a delivery device for delivering the prosthetic heart valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Raymond Ryan, David Clarke, Kshitija Garde, Ya Guo, Benjamin Wong, Yogesh Darekar, Luke Lehmann, Wei Wang, Laura McKinley, Paul Devereux, Joshua Dudney, Tracey Tien, Karl Olney
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Patent number: 11364115Abstract: Methods of compressing a stented prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. The method including inserting a stented prosthetic heart valve having a self-expandable stent frame into a container, initiating a cooling element in the container, transferring heat through a thermal conductor to cool an interior of the container, reducing a temperature of the self-expandable stent frame while located within the container to a critical temperature of not greater than 8° C., and compressing an outer diameter of the stented prosthetic heart valve while the stented prosthetic heart valve is at the critical temperature.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Wei Wang, Benjamin Wong, Laura McKinley, Joshua Dudney, Tracey Tien, Karl Olney
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Patent number: 11344399Abstract: A “dry” packaging in which a prosthetic heart valve is packaged within a container with hydrogel that can be provided in many forms. Certain embodiments include hydrogel that is preloaded with glycerol or the like. The hydrogel regulates the humidity within the container through a diffusion-driven mechanism if a gradient of humidity between the inside and the outside of the hydrogel exists. Humidity regulation is important to prevent the tissue of the valve structure from drying out. When the partially-hydrated hydrogel is present within container, which is saturated with air of a predefined humidity, the water molecules from the air will be absorbed by the hydrogel if the air humidity is high (i.e. when the thermodynamics favor hydrogel hydration) or vice versa. Various embodiments are configured to also house at least a portion of a delivery device for delivering the prosthetic heart valve.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Raymond Ryan, David Clarke, Kshitija Garde, Ya Guo, Benjamin Wong, Yogesh Darekar, Luke Lehmann, Wei Wang, Laura McKinley, Paul Devereux, Joshua Dudney, Tracey Tien, Karl Olney
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Publication number: 20210353409Abstract: A paravalvular leak resistant prosthetic heart valve system including a stent frame, a valve structure and a sealing mechanism. The stent frame has a surface. The valve structure is associated with the stent frame. The sealing mechanism at least partially extends over the surface of the stent frame. The sealing mechanism includes at least one semi-permeable membrane and an osmotic gradient driving material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Wei Wang, Joshua Dudney, Kshitija P. Garde, Laura McKinley, Benjamin Wong
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Patent number: 11096780Abstract: A paravalvular leak resistant prosthetic heart valve system including a stent frame, a valve structure and a sealing mechanism. The stent frame has a surface. The valve structure is associated with the stent frame. The sealing mechanism at least partially extends over the surface of the stent frame. The sealing mechanism includes at least one semi-permeable membrane and an osmotic gradient driving material.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Wei Wang, Joshua Dudney, Kshitija P. Garde, Laura McKinley, Benjamin Wong
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Publication number: 20210113320Abstract: A “dry” packaging in which a prosthetic heart valve is packaged within a container with hydrogel that can be provided in many forms. Certain embodiments include hydrogel that is preloaded with glycerol or the like. The hydrogel regulates the humidity within the container through a diffusion-driven mechanism if a gradient of humidity between the inside and the outside of the hydrogel exists. Humidity regulation is important to prevent the tissue of the valve structure from drying out. When the partially-hydrated hydrogel is present within container, which is saturated with air of a predefined humidity, the water molecules from the air will be absorbed by the hydrogel if the air humidity is high (i.e. when the thermodynamics favor hydrogel hydration) or vice versa. Various embodiments are configured to also house at least a portion of a delivery device for delivering the prosthetic heart valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Raymond Ryan, David Clarke, Kshitija Garde, Ya Guo, Benjamin Wong, Yogesh Darekar, Luke Lehmann, Wei Wang, Laura McKinley, Paul Devereux, Joshua Dudney, Tracey Tien, Karl Olney
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Patent number: 10888408Abstract: A “dry” packaging in which a prosthetic heart valve is packaged within a container with hydrogel that can be provided in many forms. Certain embodiments include hydrogel that is preloaded with glycerol or the like. The hydrogel regulates the humidity within the container through a diffusion-driven mechanism if a gradient of humidity between the inside and the outside of the hydrogel exists. Humidity regulation is important to prevent the tissue of the valve structure from drying out. When the partially-hydrated hydrogel is present within container, which is saturated with air of a predefined humidity, the water molecules from the air will be absorbed by the hydrogel if the air humidity is high (i.e. when the thermodynamics favor hydrogel hydration) or vice versa. Various embodiments are configured to also house at least a portion of a delivery device for delivering the prosthetic heart valve.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Raymond Ryan, David Clarke, Kshitija Garde, Ya Guo, Benjamin Wong, Yogesh Darekar, Luke Lehmann, Wei Wang, Laura McKinley, Paul Devereux, Joshua Dudney, Tracey Tien, Karl Olney
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Publication number: 20200246138Abstract: Methods of compressing a stented prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. The method including inserting a stented prosthetic heart valve having a self-expandable stent frame into a container, initiating a cooling element in the container, transferring heat through a thermal conductor to cool an interior of the container, reducing a temperature of the self-expandable stent frame while located within the container to a critical temperature of not greater than 8° C., and compressing an outer diameter of the stented prosthetic heart valve while the stented prosthetic heart valve is at the critical temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Wei Wang, Benjamin Wong, Laura McKinley, Joshua Dudney, Tracey Tien, Karl Olney
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Patent number: 10660748Abstract: Conditioned bioprosthetic tissues for forming prosthetic valves including a sheet of bioprosthetic tissue having a first major surface and a second major surface. The first major surface has a pattern including at least one depressed region and areas of relief adjacent to the at least one depressed region. The at least one depressed region has a first tissue density that is greater than a second tissue density of the areas of relief.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Laura McKinley, Benjamin Wong, Wei Wang, Elliot Howard, Joshua Dudney, Tracey Tien, Karl Olney
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Patent number: 10660746Abstract: Methods of compressing a stented prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. The method including inserting a stented prosthetic heart valve having a self-expandable stent frame into a container, initiating a cooling element in the container, transferring heat through a thermal conductor to cool an interior of the container, reducing a temperature of the self-expandable stent frame while located within the container to a critical temperature of not greater than 8° C., and compressing an outer diameter of the stented prosthetic heart valve while the stented prosthetic heart valve is at the critical temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Wei Wang, Benjamin Wong, Laura McKinley, Joshua Dudney, Tracey Tien, Karl Olney
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Publication number: 20190269504Abstract: A paravalvular leak resistant prosthetic heart valve system including a stent frame, a valve structure and a sealing mechanism. The stent frame has a surface. The valve structure is associated with the stent frame. The sealing mechanism at least partially extends over the surface of the stent frame. The sealing mechanism includes at least one semi-permeable membrane and an osmotic gradient driving material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Wei Wang, Joshua Dudney, Kshitija P. Garde, Laura McKinley, Benjamin Wong
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Patent number: 10321987Abstract: A paravalvular leak resistant prosthetic heart valve system including a stent frame, a valve structure and a sealing mechanism. The stent frame has a surface. The valve structure is associated with the stent frame. The sealing mechanism at least partially extends over the surface of the stent frame. The sealing mechanism includes at least one semi-permeable membrane and an osmotic gradient driving material.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2014Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Wei Wang, Joshua Dudney, Kshitija P. Garde, Laura McKinley, Benjamin Wong
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Patent number: 10299916Abstract: A method of reinforcing or repairing a bioprosthetic tissue for use as a prosthetic valve leaflet. The method includes evaluating a bioprosthetic tissue, identifying a defect in the bioprosthetic tissue, and selectively applying an adhesive to a surface of the bioprosthetic tissue at the defect prior to implantation in a patient.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Tracey Tien, Carol Eberhardt, Kshitija Garde, Benjamin Wong, Wei Wang, Elliot Howard, Laura McKinley, Karl Olney, Taylor Winters
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Publication number: 20190038402Abstract: Methods of compressing a stented prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. The method including inserting a stented prosthetic heart valve having a self-expandable stent frame into a container, initiating a cooling element in the container, transferring heat through a thermal conductor to cool an interior of the container, reducing a temperature of the self-expandable stent frame while located within the container to a critical temperature of not greater than 8° C., and compressing an outer diameter of the stented prosthetic heart valve while the stented prosthetic heart valve is at the critical temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Wei Wang, Benjamin Wong, Laura McKinley, Joshua Dudney, Tracey Tien, Karl Olney