Patents by Inventor Peter N. Braido

Peter N. Braido 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).

  • AUGMENTED REALITY SOLUTION TO OPTIMIZE THE DIRECTIONAL APPROACH AND THERAPY DELIVERY OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY TOOLS
    Publication number: 20190183577
    Abstract: A method for enhancing a surgical procedure includes providing a three-dimensional model of a patient's organ of a patient based on pre-operative image data of the patient's organ; identifying positional data corresponding to a first position of at least one target treatment anatomy of the patient relative to a second position of an ancillary target anatomy of the patient based on an analysis of the three-dimensional model of the patient's organ of the patient; selecting a puncture location based on the identified positional data; and displaying, by an augmented reality device, a virtual organ object via an augmented reality display system overlaying a real-world environment, the virtual organ object corresponding to the three-dimensional model and visually indicating the selected puncture location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Mina S. FAHIM, Peter N. BRAIDO, Ross D. HINRICHSEN
  • AUGMENTED REALITY SOLUTION TO DISRUPT, TRANSFORM AND ENHANCE CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL AND/OR PROCEDURAL MAPPING NAVIGATION AND DIAGNOSTICS
    Publication number: 20190183576
    Abstract: An augmented reality system includes an augmented reality display system; and processing circuitry in communication with the augmented reality display system. The processing circuity configured to receive, from a mapping system, data associated with a subject's anatomical feature; receive, from a navigation system, an indication of a position of a treatment device within the subject's anatomical feature; and display, via the augmented reality display system, a virtual organ object and at least one of the data associated with the subject's anatomical feature and the indication of the position of the treatment device within the subject's anatomical feature overlaying a real-world environment viewable by a user via the augmented reality display system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Mina S. FAHIM, Peter N. BRAIDO, Ross D. HINRICHSEN, Jeffrey J. JANNICKE
  • Leaflet abrasion mitigation
    Patent number: 10321990
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a stent extending in a longitudinal direction and having a plurality of commissure features. A valve assembly is secured to the stent, the valve assembly including a cuff and a plurality of leaflets. Each of the leaflets has a pair of attachment regions and a free edge extending between the attachment regions. A deflection feature disposed in each attachment region is configured and arranged to prevent the free edges of the leaflets from contacting at least one of the stent or the cuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Kent J. Smith, Andrea L. McCarthy, Yousef F. Alkhatib
  • Collapsible and re-expandable prosthetic heart valve cuff designs and complementary technological applications
    Patent number: 10314694
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve is provided with a cuff having features which promote sealing with the native tissues even where the native tissues are irregular. The cuff may include a portion adapted to bear on the LVOT when the valve is implanted in a native aortic valve. The valve may include elements for biasing the cuff outwardly with respect to the stent body when the stent body is in an expanded condition. The cuff may have portions of different thickness distributed around the circumference of the valve in a pattern matching the shape of the opening defined by the native tissue. All or part of the cuff may be movable relative to the stent during implantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Paul E. Ashworth, Julia Schraut
  • Cuff stitching reinforcement
    Patent number: 10314693
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent having a proximal end, a distal end, an annulus section adjacent the proximal end and an aortic section adjacent the distal end, the stent including a plurality of struts. A cuff may be coupled to the stent so that a flat, bottom edge of the cuff lies adjacent the proximal end of the stent. A pattern of stitches may be circumferentially disposed around the flat bottom edge of the cuff, the pattern of stitches alternating between stitches sewn to the cuff only and stitches sewn to both the cuff and the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Andrea L. McCarthy, Kent J. Smith
  • Transcatheter valve with paravalvular leak sealing ring
    Patent number: 10299926
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent extending from an inflow end to an outflow end and a plurality of prosthetic valve leaflets coupled to the stent. The prosthetic heart valve may also include a sealing ring coupled to the inflow end of the stent, the sealing ring comprising a tube extending circumferentially around the inflow end of the stent. The tube may be formed from a wire coiled into a repeating shape, such as a rectangle or a diamond, so that the tube is collapsible. A covering may at least partially surround the tube. The sealing ring may include a first filler positioned within the tube and/or a second filler positioned between the tube and the covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Kristen T. Morin, Andrea N. Para, Peter N. Braido, Sounthara Khouengboua, Thomas M. Benson, Saravana B. Kumar, Bruce Moseman, Gaurav Satam
  • Leaflet Abrasion Mitigation in Prosthetic Heart Valves
    Publication number: 20190151082
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a stent extending in a longitudinal direction, the stent being formed of a plurality of struts forming cells and having a plurality of commissure features, a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. A valve assembly may be secured to the stent, the valve assembly including a cuff and a plurality of leaflets. The cuff may be formed of a fabric and a second material different from the fabric, the cuff having commissure peaks and a plurality of midpeaks disposed between the commissure peaks. Each of the leaflets may have a free edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Kent J. Smith, Andrea L. McCarthy, Mina S. Fahim
  • Collapsible prosthetic heart valves
    Patent number: 10292813
    Abstract: Prosthetic heart valves, which are collapsible to a relatively small circumferential size for less invasive delivery into a patient and which then re-expand to operating size at an implant site in the patient, include a collapsible/expandable stent-like supporting structure and various components of flexible, sheet-like material that are attached to the supporting structure. For example, these sheet-like other components may include prosthetic valve leaflets, layers of buffering material, cuff material, etc. Improved structures and techniques are provided for securing such other components to the stent-like supporting structure of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Andrea L. McCarthy, Rubem L. Figueiredo, Julia Schraut
  • Stationary Intra-annular Halo Designs for Paravalvular Leak (pvl) Reduction-passive Channel Filling Cuff Designs
    Publication number: 20190142584
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve may include a collapsible and expandable stent extending in a flow direction between a proximal end and a distal end, a cuff attached to an annulus section of the stent, a plurality of prosthetic valve leaflets each having a belly attached to the cuff between a first location and a second location downstream of the first location in a flow direction, and a sealing structure attached to the annulus section of the stent. The annulus section of the stent may be adjacent the proximal end. The stent may include a plurality of struts shaped to form a plurality of cells connected to one another in a plurality of annular rows around the stent. The sealing structure may have a deployed condition with a diameter greater than a diameter of the proximal end of the stent when the stent is in an expanded use condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Kent J. Smith, Andrea L. McCarthy, Mina S. Fahim
  • Bowed runners and corresponding valve assemblies for paravalvular leak protection
    Patent number: 10271946
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve for replacing a native valve includes a stent extending between a proximal end and a distal end and including a plurality of struts forming cells, the stent having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. At least one runner is coupled a cell, the at least one runner being configured to transition from a first configuration to a second configuration when the stent moves from the collapsed condition to the expanded condition, the at least one runner projecting radially outwardly from the cell in the second configuration. A valve assembly is disposed within the stent, the valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets, a cuff at least partially disposed on a luminal surface of the stent, and a covering material disposed on an abluminal surface of the stent and covering the at least one runner in the second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Kent J. Smith, Andrea L. McCarthy
  • Heart Valve Repair and Replacement
    Publication number: 20190110894
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve having an inflow end and an outflow end includes a collapsible and expandable stent having a plurality of commissure features, a plurality of first struts and a plurality of second struts. The plurality of first struts define a substantially cylindrical portion and the plurality of second struts have first ends attached to the cylindrical portion and free ends projecting radially outward from the cylindrical portion and configured to couple to adjacent heart tissue to anchor the stent. A collapsible and expandable valve assembly disposed within the stent has a plurality of leaflets coupled to the commissure features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Mina S. Fahim, Thomas M. Benson, Theodore Paul Dale, Andrea N. Para, Mark Krans, Mathias Charles Glimsdale
  • SUTURELESS PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE
    Publication number: 20190099265
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve for replacing a native valve includes a stent extending between an inflow end and an outflow end, and a valve assembly disposed within the stent. The prosthetic heart valve may include a supra-annular feature configured to anchor and seal the prosthetic valve above the native valve annulus and a sub-annular feature configured to anchor and seal the prosthetic valve below the native valve annulus. Each of the sub-annular feature and the supra-annular feature may be a sealing ring or a strut that extends radially outward from the stent. The prosthetic heart valve may be implanted in the patient via a sutureless approach and provide anchoring in a variety of patient populations, including those with resected native valve leaflets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Chad Joshua Green, Neelakantan Saikrishnan
  • Reduced profile prosthetic heart valve
    Patent number: 10231828
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve may include a stent body with a plurality of cells arranged in circumferential rows and a cuff attached to the stent. A leaflet attachment panel may be attached to and span a portion of one of the cells. A prosthetic valve element, such as a leaflet having a belly, may be mounted to the leaflet attachment panel. The leaflet attachment panel may not be integral with the stent body. A reduced overlap area may be defined between a proximal end of the stent body and a proximalmost point of attachment of the leaflet belly to the cuff. The reduced overlap area may have a size dependent upon the circumferential row of cells the leaflet attachment panel is attached to and a position of the portion of the leaflet attachment panel to which the leaflet is mounted. Alternately, the leaflet may be attached directly to the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Kent J. Smith
  • Leaflet abrasion mitigation in prosthetic heart valves
    Patent number: 10226332
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a stent extending in a longitudinal direction, the stent being formed of a plurality of struts forming cells and having a plurality of commissure features, a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. A valve assembly may be secured to the stent, the valve assembly including a cuff and a plurality of leaflets. The cuff may be formed of a fabric and a second material different from the fabric, the cuff having commissure peaks and a plurality of midpeaks disposed between the commissure peaks. Each of the leaflets may have a free edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Kent J. Smith, Andrea L. McCarthy, Mina S. Fahim
  • Paravalvular Sealing Via Extended Cuff Mechanisms
    Publication number: 20190060065
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve may include a collapsible and expandable stent having a proximal end, a distal end, an annulus section adjacent the proximal end, and a plurality of cells connected to one another in annular rows around the stent, a cuff attached to the stent, and a sealing member attached to the cuff and extending from a proximal end of the cuff to a free edge. The sealing member may be movable between an extended condition in which the free edge is located proximally of the proximal end of the stent, and an inverted condition in which the free edge is located distally of the proximal end of the stent and a first surface of the sealing member confronts an outward-facing surface of the cuff. Various mechanisms for moving the sealing member are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Yousef F. Alkhatib, Steven Frederick Anderl, Jacob John Daly, Mina S. Fahim, Kent J. Smith, Ralph Joseph Thomas
  • Stent Designs For Prosthetic Heart Valves
    Publication number: 20190060064
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent, a cuff attached to an annulus section of the stent, and leaflets attached to the cuff between a first location and a second location distal to the first location in a flow direction. The stent may include struts shaped to form a plurality of cells connected to one another in annular rows around the stent. The cuff may have top and bottom edges and may occupy a first group of the cells, such that cells above the top edge are open cells at least partially devoid of the cuff. The cuff may have a landing zone extending at least one-third of a length of the stent in the flow direction between the bottom edge of the cuff and a proximal end of a most proximal cell of the open cells when the stent is in an expanded use condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter N. Braido
  • Valve cuff support
    Patent number: 10206777
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a stent having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. The stent has a proximal end, a distal end and a plurality of cells, each cell being formed by a plurality of struts. A valve assembly is secured to the stent and includes a cuff and a plurality of leaflets. The plurality of leaflets are attached to the cuff adjacent an underwire that extends about the perimeter of the cuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Frederick Anderl, Peter N. Braido, Julia A. Schraut
  • Cuff Configurations For Prosthetic Heart Valve
    Publication number: 20190038409
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent having a proximal end, a distal end, an annulus section adjacent the proximal end and an aortic section adjacent the distal end. The stent is formed of a plurality of struts. A cuff is coupled to the stent. The cuff has one or more features configured to reduce abrasion and/or perivalvular leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Julia A. Schraut, Peter N. Braido, Ramji T. Venkatasubramanian, Aditee Kurane, Mina S. Fahim, Jaishankar Kutty
  • Heart valve repair and replacement
    Patent number: 10179042
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve having an inflow end and an outflow end includes a collapsible and expandable stent having a plurality of commissure features, a plurality of first struts and a plurality of second struts. The plurality of first struts define a substantially cylindrical portion and the plurality of second struts have first ends attached to the cylindrical portion and free ends projecting radially outward from the cylindrical portion and configured to couple to adjacent heart tissue to anchor the stent. A collapsible and expandable valve assembly disposed within the stent has a plurality of leaflets coupled to the commissure features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Mina S. Fahim, Thomas M. Benson, Theodore Paul Dale, Andrea N. Para, Mark Krans, Mathias Charles Glimsdale
  • Subannular Sealing for Paravalvular Leak Protection
    Publication number: 20190000617
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve for replacing a native valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The stent includes an annulus section adjacent the proximal end and having a first diameter, a plurality of first struts forming cells, and a plurality of second struts connected to the annulus section and forming a plurality of deflecting cells expandable to define a second diameter larger than the first diameter. A valve assembly is disposed within the stent and a cuff is coupled to the stent and covers the plurality of deflecting cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Kent J. Smith, Andrea L. McCarthy, Andrea N. Para, Sounthara Khouengboua, Thomas M. Benson, Saravana B. Kumar, Bruce Moseman, Gaurav Satam