Patents by Inventor Rany Huynh Busold

Rany Huynh Busold 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: 20180000588
    Abstract: Methods and systems for improving the competency of a venous valve wherein one or more compressor(s) (e.g., space occupying material(s) or implantable device(s)) is/are delivered to one or more location(s) adjacent to a venous valve to compress the venous valve in a manner that causes one or both leaflets of the valve to move toward the other, thereby improving closure or coaptation of the valve leaflets. The compressor(s) may be delivered by an open surgical approach, by a direct percutaneous approach or by a transluminal catheter-based approach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: D.H. Perkins, Rany Huynh Busold, Dustin Thompson, Nasser Rafiee
  • Patent number: 8801776
    Abstract: Described is a prosthetic valve assembly comprising: a radially self-expandable stent configured to expand to bear against a wall of a native body lumen; and an implantable prosthetic valve, having a diameter, the valve being mounted inside the stent; wherein the diameter of the stent is greater than the diameter of the prosthetic valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Morgan House, Philipp Bonhoeffer, Nasser Rafiee, Rany Huynh Busold, Nareak Douk, Juan-Pablo Mas, Stuart MacDonald, Michael Finney
  • Publication number: 20100262167
    Abstract: Device, system and method for drawing together patient tissue. A central hub has an axis. Several tines are coupled to the central hub. Each of the tines has a tip and is resiliently biased to for a coil. Each tip points radially outward from the axis, with an approximately common angle between adjacent ones of the tines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Damian Jelich, Morgan House, Nareak Douk, Rany Huynh Busold
  • Publication number: 20100049306
    Abstract: Described is a prosthetic valve assembly comprising: a radially self-expandable stent configured to expand to bear against a wall of a native body lumen; and an implantable prosthetic valve, having a diameter, the valve being mounted inside the stent; wherein the diameter of the stent is greater than the diameter of the prosthetic valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, inc.
    Inventors: Morgan House, Philipp Bonhoeffer, Nasser Rafiee, Rany Huynh Busold, Nareak Douk, Juan-Pablo Mas, Stuart MacDonald, Michael Finney