Patents by Inventor Megan L. Platner

Megan L. Platner 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).

  • Publication number: 20230398342
    Abstract: A hemostasis device includes a valve, the valve being sized and configured to be disposed entirely within a handle of medical device, the valve including a rim, the rim be sized and configured to seal with a lumen of the handle of the medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Jay T. Rassat, Stephen Howard, Megan L. Platner, Kevin A. Knutsen
  • Patent number: 11752317
    Abstract: A hemostasis device includes a valve, the valve being sized and configured to be disposed entirely within a handle of a medical device, the valve including a rim, the rim being sized and configured to seal with a lumen of the handle of the medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay T. Rassat, Stephen Howard, Megan L. Platner, Kevin A. Knutsen
  • Patent number: 11583658
    Abstract: An example catheter includes a handle assembly having a control member, an elongate body, a pull wire, and at least one radiopaque marker. The elongate body defines a lumen configured to receive a medical electrical lead including at least one electrode array. The elongate body includes a proximal portion coupled to the handle assembly and a distal portion that includes an articulating segment and a preformed curve segment. The at least one radiopaque marker is positioned on the distal portion. The pull wire extends from the control member and is anchored to the elongate body distal to the articulating segment such that actuation of the control member controllably bends the articulating segment in a first curve in a first geometric plane. The preformed curve segment defines a second curve in a second geometric plane different from the first geometric plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhongping C. Yang, Megan L. Platner, Kimberly A. Ganzel, Jay T. Rassat, Michael L Freiborg, Varun Bhatia, Terrell M. Williams
  • Publication number: 20220023621
    Abstract: An implantable medical lead comprising a lead body defining a lumen. The lead body includes one or more tines substantially at a distal end of the lead body. An inner member extending within the lead body lumen is configured to rotate relative to the lead body and configured to cause a rotation of a dilator. The dilator is configured such that the rotation causes or enables a lateral translation of the dilator from a first position proximal to a lead body opening to a second position distal to the lead body opening. The implantable medical lead may include a probe wire configured to slidably translate through an inner lumen of the dilator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Ronald A. Drake, Mary M. Morris, McKenna Rose Redmond Del Toro, Megan L. Platner, Kaileigh E. Rock, Brian P. Colin, William Eastman
  • Publication number: 20210353907
    Abstract: A deflectable shaft catheter may include a handle extending laterally from a hub of the catheter to form an acute angle therewith, wherein the handle contains a wire controller and a guide that rotates in plane with the angle. A spring biased slider of the wire controller, for the aforementioned handle, or an in-line handle sans the guide, may include first and second parts between which a proximal end of the wire extends and bends into a bore formed in the first part. Alternately, the slider includes an elastomeric core sandwiched between first and second parts thereof. The slider may further include a cavity in which a spring member biases the proximal end of the wire toward a distal end of the cavity, but only forces the wire to the cavity distal end, if a predetermined spring force of the member is greater than an opposing force along the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Zhongping Yang, Ronald A. Drake, Robert Kowal, Megan L. Platner, Lester O. Stener
  • Publication number: 20210236789
    Abstract: A hemostasis device includes a valve, the valve being sized and configured to be disposed entirely within a handle of medical device, the valve including a rim, the rim be sized and configured to seal with a lumen of the handle of the medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Jay T. RASSAT, Stephen HOWARD, Megan L. PLATNER, Kevin A. KNUTSEN
  • Publication number: 20200155798
    Abstract: An example catheter includes a handle assembly having a control member, an elongate body, a pull wire, and at least one radiopaque marker. The elongate body defines a lumen configured to receive an medical electrical lead including at least one electrode array. The elongate body includes a proximal portion coupled to the handle assembly and a distal portion that includes an articulating segment and a preformed curve segment. The at least one radiopaque marker is positioned on the distal portion. The pull wire extends from the control member and is anchored to the elongate body distal to the articulating segment such that actuation of the control member controllably bends the articulating segment in a first curve in a first geometric plane. The preformed curve segment defines a second curve in a second geometric plane different from the first geometric plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Zhongping C. Yang, Megan L. Platner, Kimberly A. Ganzel, Jay T. Rassat, Michael L Freiborg, Varun Bhatia, Terrell M. Williams