Patents by Inventor Matthew J. Rust

Matthew J. Rust 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).

  • Stents for prosthetic heart valves
    Patent number: 10820990
    Abstract: A prosthetic valve including a wire frame having a generally tubular body portion, an interior area, a longitudinal axis, a first end comprising a plurality of crowns, and a second end comprising a greater number of crowns than the first end. The wire frame includes a plurality of adjacent rows of modified diamond-shaped structures extending between the first and second ends. The prosthetic valve further includes a valve structure that includes a plurality of leaflets and that is attached within the interior area of the wire frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Gianfranco M. Pellegrini, Mike Krivoruchko, Finn O. Rinne, Matthew J. Rust
  • Transcatheter prosthetic heart valve delivery system with recapturing feature
    Patent number: 10105223
    Abstract: A delivery system for percutaneously deploying a stented prosthetic heart valve. The system includes a delivery capsule and a recapture assembly. The capsule is configured to compressively retain the prosthesis. The recapture assembly includes a frame and sleeve attached to the frame. The recapture assembly is transitionable from a compressed arrangement to an expanded arrangement with a distally increasing diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Padraig John Savage, Gianfranco Melino Pellegrini, Finn Olavi Rinne, Matthew J. Rust
  • STENTS FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES
    Publication number: 20170014230
    Abstract: A prosthetic valve including a wire frame having a generally tubular body portion, an interior area, a longitudinal axis, a first end comprising a plurality of crowns, and a second end comprising a greater number of crowns than the first end. The wire frame includes a plurality of adjacent rows of modified diamond-shaped structures extending between the first and second ends. The prosthetic valve further includes a valve structure that includes a plurality of leaflets and that is attached within the interior area of the wire frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Gianfranco M. Pellegrini, Mike Krivoruchko, Finn O. Rinne, Matthew J. Rust
  • Stents for prosthetic heart valves
    Patent number: 9480557
    Abstract: A prosthetic valve including a wire frame having a generally tubular body portion, an interior area, a longitudinal axis, a first end comprising a plurality of crowns, and a second end comprising a greater number of crowns than the first end. The wire frame includes a plurality of adjacent rows of modified diamond-shaped structures extending between the first and second ends. The prosthetic valve further includes a valve structure that includes a plurality of leaflets and that is attached within the interior area of the wire frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Gianfranco M. Pellegrini, Mike Krivoruchko, Finn O. Rinne, Matthew J. Rust
  • Transcatheter Prosthetic Heart Valve Delivery System with Recapturing Feature
    Publication number: 20160220370
    Abstract: A delivery system for percutaneously deploying a stented prosthetic heart valve. The system includes a delivery capsule and a recapture assembly. The capsule is configured to compressively retain the prosthesis. The recapture assembly includes a frame and sleeve attached to the frame. The recapture assembly is transitionable from a compressed arrangement to an expanded arrangement with a distally increasing diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Padraig John Savage, Gianfranco Melino Pellegrini, Finn Olavi Rinne, Matthew J. Rust
  • Transcatheter prosthetic heart valve delivery system with recapturing feature and method
    Patent number: 9320597
    Abstract: A delivery system for percutaneously deploying a stented prosthetic heart valve. The system includes a delivery capsule and a recapture assembly. The capsule is configured to compressively retain the prosthesis. The recapture assembly includes a frame and sleeve attached to the frame. The recapture assembly is transitionable from a compressed arrangement to an expanded arrangement with a distally increasing diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Padraig J. Savage, Gianfranco M. Pellegrini, Finn O. Rinne, Matthew J. Rust
  • Transcatheter valve structure and methods for valve delivery
    Patent number: 9226826
    Abstract: A valved stent including a stent structure having a generally tubular body portion with an interior area, a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis; a valve structure including a plurality of leaflets and positioned within the interior area of the stent structure; and an invertible structure extending from one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The invertible structure can be rotatable relative to the end of the stent structure from which it extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew J. Rust
  • In vivo inflatable structures, for example to expand stents
    Patent number: 8758386
    Abstract: Multi-balloon catheter structures that are able to move with respect to one another may provide superior compliance in tortuous passages to, for example, perform angioplasty and/or expand stents. Two or more balloons may be inflated to equal pressures. A length of the balloons may be sufficiently longer than a length of a stent to accommodate axial movement of the balloons. One or more balloons may be lubricous or carry a lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel Gelbart, Matthew J. Rust
  • Transcatheter Prosthetic Heart Valve Delivery System With Recapturing Feature and Method
    Publication number: 20110245917
    Abstract: A delivery system for percutaneously deploying a stented prosthetic heart valve. The system includes a delivery capsule and a recapture assembly. The capsule is configured to compressively retain the prosthesis. The recapture assembly includes a frame and sleeve attached to the frame. The recapture assembly is transitionable from a compressed arrangement to an expanded arrangement with a distally increasing diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Padraig John Savage, Gianfranco Melino Pellegrini, Finn Olavi Rinne, Matthew J. Rust
  • VIVO INFLATABLE STRUCTURES, FOR EXAMPLE TO EXPAND STENTS
    Publication number: 20110238105
    Abstract: Multi-balloon catheter structures that are able to move with respect to one another may provide superior compliance in tortuous passages to, for example, perform angioplasty and/or expand stents. Two or more balloons may be inflated to equal pressures. A length of the balloons may be sufficiently longer than a length of a stent to accommodate axial movement of the balloons. One or more balloons may be lubricous or carry a lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Daniel Gelbart, Matthew J. Rust
  • Stents for Prosthetic Heart Valves
    Publication number: 20110238168
    Abstract: A prosthetic valve including a wire frame having a generally tubular body portion, an interior area, a longitudinal axis, a first end comprising a plurality of crowns, and a second end comprising a greater number of crowns than the first end. The wire frame includes a plurality of adjacent rows of modified diamond-shaped structures extending between the first and second ends. The prosthetic valve further includes a valve structure that includes a plurality of leaflets and that is attached within the interior area of the wire frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Gianfranco M. Pellegrini, Mike Krivoruchko, Finn O. Rinne, Matthew J. Rust
  • TRANSCATHETER VALVE STRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR VALVE DELIVERY
    Publication number: 20110208283
    Abstract: A valved stent including a stent structure having a generally tubular body portion with an interior area, a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis; a valve structure including a plurality of leaflets and positioned within the interior area of the stent structure; and an invertible structure extending from one of the first and second ends of the stent structure. The invertible structure can be rotatable relative to the end of the stent structure from which it extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventor: Matthew J. Rust