Patents by Inventor Megan Holmes
Megan Holmes 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: 11904128Abstract: The fluid delivery devices, systems and methods described herein include a subcutaneous port, a catheter, and a connection assembly configured to fluidly couple the port and catheter.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: ALCYONE THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: PJ Anand, Deep Arjun Singh, Andrew East, Thomas T. Washburn, Megan Holmes
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Patent number: 11607529Abstract: Fixation devices are disclosed herein that can be used to secure to a catheter and to tissue. The fixation devices include a body having a bore extending therethrough to receive a catheter. The fixation devices can also include suture openings or grooves to secure the devices to tissue.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: ALCYONE THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: Andrew East, Burt Raymond, Andre Carline Wood, Deep Arjun Singh, Jonathan Freund, John L. Mcguire, Krishna Subramanian, Matthew J. Lapinski, Megan Holmes, Thomas T. Washburn
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Publication number: 20220241559Abstract: Fixation devices are disclosed herein that can be used to secure to a catheter and to tissue. The fixation devices include a body having a bore extending therethrough to receive a catheter. The fixation devices can also include suture openings or grooves to secure the devices to tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Andrew East, Burt Raymond, Andre Carline Wood, Deep Arjun Singh, Jonathan Freund, John L. Mcguire, Krishna Subramanian, Matthew J. Lapinski, Megan Holmes, Thomas T. Washburn
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Patent number: 11395648Abstract: A plication lock delivery system that enables a suture lock assembly to be delivered percutaneously. The plication lock delivery system comprises a lock assembly that secures sutures in place, a control assembly that allows a clinician to engage a suture to a suture lock assembly, apply tension to the sutures to cause tissue plication, and deploy the lock assembly, and a catheter assembly. This plication lock delivery system can be used to repair mitral regurgitation percutaneously or in an open-heart surgery.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Michael Sutherland, Jonathan Goodwin, Megan Holmes, Christopher Lee, Adam Vigneault, John DePiano, James Sellers
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Publication number: 20210060326Abstract: The fluid delivery devices, systems and methods described herein include a subcutaneous port, a catheter, and a connection assembly configured to fluidly couple the port and catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: PJ Anand, Deep Arjun Singh, Andrew East, Thomas T. Washburn, Megan Holmes
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Patent number: 10918373Abstract: The present teachings provide devices and methods of locating a mitral valve commissure, and implanting tissue anchors at or near the mitral valve commissure. Specifically, one aspect of the present teachings provides devices and methods for locating a mitral valve commissure percutaneously and allowing a guide wire to be placed across a mitral annulus at the mitral valve commissure. Another aspect of the present teachings provides methods for deploying a tissue anchor across a mitral annulus at a mitral valve commissure, including near the P1 or P3 regions of the posterior mitral annulus. Another aspect of the present teachings further provides methods of plicating a mitral annulus between two or more tissue anchors.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: John Alexander, Megan Holmes, Richard D. Hudson, Christopher Lee, Steven D. Cahalane
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Publication number: 20190274674Abstract: A plication lock delivery system that enables a suture lock assembly to be delivered percutaneously. The plication lock delivery system comprises a lock assembly that secures sutures in place, a control assembly that allows a clinician to engage a suture to a suture lock assembly, apply tension to the sutures to cause tissue plication, and deploy the lock assembly, and a catheter assembly. This plication lock delivery system can be used to repair mitral regurgitation percutaneously or in an open-heart surgery.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Michael Sutherland, Jonathan Goodwin, Megan Holmes, Christopher Lee, Adam Vigneault, John DePiano, James Sellers
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Publication number: 20190247036Abstract: The present teachings provide devices and methods of locating a mitral valve commissure, and implanting tissue anchors at or near the mitral valve commissure. Specifically, one aspect of the present teachings provides devices and methods for locating a mitral valve commissure percutaneously and allowing a guide wire to be placed across a mitral annulus at the mitral valve commissure. Another aspect of the present teachings provides methods for deploying a tissue anchor across a mitral annulus at a mitral valve commissure, including near the P1 or P3 regions of the posterior mitral annulus. Another aspect of the present teachings further provides methods of plicating a mitral annulus between two or more tissue anchors.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2018Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: John Alexander, Megan Holmes, Richard D. Hudson, Christopher Lee, Steven D. Cahalane
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Patent number: 10231727Abstract: A plication lock delivery system that enables a suture lock assembly to be delivered percutaneouly. The plication lock delivery system comprises a lock assembly that secures sutures in place, a control assembly that allows a clinician to engage a suture to a suture lock assembly, apply tension to the sutures to cause tissue plication, and deploy the lock assembly, and a catheter assembly. This plication lock delivery system can be used to repair mitral regurgitation percutaneouly or in an open-heart surgery.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: MITRALIGN, INC.Inventors: Michael Sutherland, Jonathan Goodwin, Megan Holmes, Christopher Lee, Adam Vigneault, John DePiano, James Sellers
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Patent number: 10070857Abstract: The present teachings provide devices and methods of locating a mitral valve commissure, and implanting tissue anchors at or near the mitral valve commissure. Specifically, one aspect of the present teachings provides devices and methods for locating a mitral valve commissure percutaneously and allowing a guide wire to be placed across a mitral annulus at the mitral valve commissure. Another aspect of the present teachings provides methods for deploying a tissue anchor across a mitral annulus at a mitral valve commissure, including near the P1 or P3 regions of the posterior mitral annulus. Another aspect of the present teachings further provides methods of plicating a mitral annulus between two or more tissue anchors.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: MITRALIGN, INC.Inventors: John Alexander, Megan Holmes, Richard D. Hudson, Christopher Lee, Steven D. Cahalane
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Publication number: 20160128689Abstract: A plication lock delivery system that enables a suture lock assembly to be delivered percutaneouly. The plication lock delivery system comprises a lock assembly that secures sutures in place, a control assembly that allows a clinician to engage a suture to a suture lock assembly, apply tension to the sutures to cause tissue plication, and deploy the lock assembly, and a catheter assembly. This plication lock delivery system can be used to repair mitral regurgitation percutaneouly or in an open-heart surgery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Michael Sutherland, Jonathan Goodwin, Megan Holmes, Christopher Lee, Adam Vigneault, John DePiano, James Sellers
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Patent number: 9216018Abstract: A plication lock delivery system that enables a suture lock assembly to be delivered percutaneously. The plication lock delivery system comprises a lock assembly that secures sutures in place, a control assembly that allows a clinician to engage a suture to a suture lock assembly, apply tension to the sutures to cause tissue plication, and deploy the lock assembly, and a catheter assembly. This plication lock delivery system can be used to repair mitral regurgitation percutaneously or in an open-heart surgery.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: MITRALIGN, INC.Inventors: Michael Sutherland, Jonathan Goodwin, Megan Holmes, Christopher Lee, Adam Vigneault, John DePiano, James Sellers
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Publication number: 20150066138Abstract: The present teachings provide devices and methods of locating a mitral valve commissure, and implanting tissue anchors at or near the mitral valve commissure. Specifically, one aspect of the present teachings provides devices and methods for locating a mitral valve commissure percutaneously and allowing a guide wire to be placed across a mitral annulus at the mitral valve commissure. Another aspect of the present teachings provides methods for deploying a tissue anchor across a mitral annulus at a mitral valve commissure, including near the P1 or P3 regions of the posterior mitral annulus. Another aspect of the present teachings further provides methods of plicating a mitral annulus between two or more tissue anchors.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: John Alexander, Megan Holmes, Richard D. Hudson, Christopher Lee, Steven D. Cahalane
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Publication number: 20140094826Abstract: A plication lock delivery system that enables a suture lock assembly to be delivered percutaneouly. The plication lock delivery system comprises a lock assembly that secures sutures in place, a control assembly that allows a clinician to engage a suture to a suture lock assembly, apply tension to the sutures to cause tissue plication, and deploy the lock assembly, and a catheter assembly. This plication lock delivery system can be used to repair mitral regurgitation percutaneouly or in an open-heart surgery.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: Mitralign, Inc.Inventors: Michael Sutherland, Jonathan Goodwin, Megan Holmes, Christopher Lee, Adam Vigneault, John DePiano, James Sellers