Patents by Inventor Peter Nicholas Braido

Peter Nicholas 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).

  • Publication number: 20240358436
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods for improving surgical precision and outcomes in medical procedures through the use of an augmented reality system. The method involves generating a preoperative plan by visualizing a holographic representation of a patient's anatomy within an augmented reality environment, recording procedure data based on the preoperative plan, updating the augmented reality system using the recorded data, and applying the updated system to establish a continuous improvement feedback loop. This approach enhances surgical accuracy and patient outcomes by integrating real-time data feedback into the surgical process, thereby optimizing surgical procedures and promoting continuous improvement in medical practices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. Yanof, Aydan Thomas Hanlon, Ross Daniel Hinrichsen, Peter Nicholas Braido, Gabrielle Stefy, Michael Russel Evans, Charles Martin, III
  • Publication number: 20240261093
    Abstract: A method of assembling a prosthetic heart valve includes providing a collapsible and expandable stent having an annulus section and an aortic section. The annulus section has a first diameter in a relaxed condition and a second diameter less than the first diameter in a collapsed condition. A constraint is applied to the stent to constrain the annulus section to a predetermined diameter between the first and second diameters. Applying a cuff and/or a plurality of leaflets to the stent in the constrained condition enables less material to be used. The resultant prosthetic valve is therefore able to be collapsed to a smaller diameter for introduction into a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Nicholas Braido, Daniel Coyle, Mary Johnson, Julia Ann Schraut, Ryan Buesseler, Jacob John Daly
  • Publication number: 20240225748
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a method for planning and performing an interventional procedure on a patient, the method including steps of providing an augmented reality system, a tracked instrument, a first image acquisition system, a second image acquisition system, and a computer system with a processor and a memory, the tracked instrument having a plurality of sensors to provide a tracked instrument dataset, the first image acquisition system, and the computer system in communication with the augmented reality system, the tracked instrument, the first image acquisition system, and the second image acquisition system. Embodiments may also include acquiring, by the first image acquisition system, the first holographic image dataset from the patient. Embodiments may also include acquiring, by the second image acquisition system, the second holographic image dataset from the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. Yanof, Peter Nicholas Braido, Aydan Thomas Hanlon, Ross Daniel Hinrichsen
  • Publication number: 20240090999
    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: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Nicholas Braido, Andrea L. McCarthy, Rubem L. Figueiredo, Julia A. Schraut
  • Patent number: 11903823
    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: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Nicholas Braido, Andrea L. McCarthy, Rubem L. Figueiredo, Julia A. Schraut
  • Publication number: 20230050636
    Abstract: A method for performing a procedure on a patient includes acquiring a three-dimensional image of a location of interest on the patient and a two-dimensional image of the location of interest can be acquired. A computer system can relate the three-dimensional image with the two-dimensional image to form a holographic image dataset. The computer system can register the holographic image dataset with the patient. The augmented reality system can render a hologram based on the holographic image dataset from the patient. The hologram can include a projection of the three-dimensional image and a projection of the two-dimensional image. The practitioner can view the hologram with the augmented reality system and perform the procedure on the patient. The practitioner can employ the augmented reality system to visualize a point on the projection of the three-dimensional image and a corresponding point on the projection of the two-dimensional image during the procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. Yanof, Peter Nicholas Braido
  • Publication number: 20220354642
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent extending in a longitudinal direction between an inflow end and an outflow end, the stent including a plurality of struts defining a plurality of cells, and a plurality of commissure attachment features disposed on the stent, each commissure attachment feature having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and at least two bodies connected via one or more suspension struts, each of the at least two bodies having at least one eyelet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Nicholas Braido, Jacob John Daly, Julia Ann Schraut
  • Patent number: 11426275
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent and a plurality of commissure features disposed on the stent. A collapsible and expandable valve assembly includes a plurality of leaflets connected to the plurality of commissure features, each commissure feature including a body having a proximal end and a distal end. A plurality of eyelets is arranged in rows and columns on the body for distributing load from the plurality of leaflets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Nicholas Braido, Jacob John Daly, Julia Ann Schraut
  • Patent number: 11141273
    Abstract: An occluder device for occluding a gap between a medical device and adjacent body tissue includes a conformable body having a hollow interior, a leading end and a trailing end; and a port disposed at the trailing end of the body and in fluid communication with the interior of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory James Dakin, Peter Nicholas Braido
  • Publication number: 20210212817
    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: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Nicholas Braido, Andrea L. McCarthy, Rubem L. Figueiredo, Julia A. Schraut
  • Patent number: 11007053
    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: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Nicholas Braido, Andrea L. McCarthy, Rubem L. Figueiredo, Julia A. Schraut
  • Publication number: 20210128297
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent and a plurality of commissure features disposed on the stent. A collapsible and expandable valve assembly includes a plurality of leaflets connected to the plurality of commissure features, each commissure feature including a body having a proximal end and a distal end. A plurality of eyelets is arranged in rows and columns on the body for distributing load from the plurality of leaflets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Nicholas Braido, Jacob John Daly, Julia Ann Schraut
  • Publication number: 20190224006
    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: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Nicholas Braido, Andrea L. McCarthy, Rubem L. Figueiredo, Julia A. Schraut
  • Patent number: 10271949
    Abstract: An occluder device for occluding a gap between a medical device and adjacent body tissue includes a conformable body having a hollow interior, a leading end and a trailing end; and a port disposed at the trailing end of the body and in fluid communication with the interior of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory James Dakin, Peter Nicholas Braido
  • Patent number: 10010410
    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: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Nicholas Braido, Paul Edward Ashworth, Julia Ann Schraut
  • Patent number: 9615920
    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 plurality of commissure features is disposed on the stent and coupled to selected ones of the struts, each commissure feature including a body having a proximal end and a distal end, and at least one eyelet in the body. The heart valve further includes a collapsible and expandable valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets. At least one leaflet is connected to the at least one eyelet and to at least one of the selected ones of the struts via a suture pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Divisions, Inc.
    Inventors: Yousef F. Alkhatib, Peter Nicholas Braido
  • Patent number: 9554902
    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 heart valve further includes a plurality of commissure features disposed on the stent, and a collapsible and expandable valve assembly, the valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets connected to the plurality of commissure features, each of the plurality of leaflets having a free edge and being configured to have a tension line aligned near the free edge to prevent backflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Nicholas Braido, Katherine A. Ahmann, Mina Safwat Fahim, Jeffrey J. Allison, Andrea L. McCarthy
  • Patent number: 9532868
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve is designed to be circumferentially collapsible for less invasive delivery into the patient. At the implant site the valve re-expands to a larger circumferential size, i.e., the size that it has for operation as a replacement for one of the patient's native heart valves. The valve includes structures that, at the implant site, extend radially outwardly to engage tissue structures above and below the native heart valve annulus. These radially outwardly extending structures clamp the native tissue between them and thereby help to anchor the prosthetic valve at the desired location in the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Nicholas Braido
  • Patent number: 9532887
    Abstract: A collapsible prosthetic heart valve includes a stent and a valve assembly. The stent includes an annulus section and at least one foldable section. The stent is movable between an unfolded condition in which the foldable section is longitudinally spaced from the annulus section, and a folded condition in which the foldable section is at least partially positioned radially adjacent the annulus section. The valve assembly is positioned within the annulus section of the stent in the folded condition of the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Benson, Ott Khouengboua, Peter Nicholas Braido
  • Patent number: 9393109
    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 plurality of commissure features is disposed on the stent and coupled to selected ones of the struts, each commissure feature including a body having a proximal end and a distal end, and at least one eyelet in the body. The heart valve further includes a collapsible and expandable valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets. At least one leaflet is connected to the at least one eyelet and to at least one of the selected ones of the struts via a suture pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Divisions, Inc.
    Inventors: Yousef F. Alkhatib, Peter Nicholas Braido