Patents by Inventor Sara Jane Gries
Sara Jane Gries 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: 10973618Abstract: Embolic protection devices and systems capture and/or deflect emboli from entering one or more arterial branches of the aorta. An embolic protection device may include an anchor section that is positionable within an arterial branch of the aorta and a shield section that is operatively coupled to the anchor section. The shield section is positionable relative to one or more ostia of the aortic branches and is held in that position by the anchor section.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2013Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Adams, Sara Jane Gries, Cheryl A. Lecy, Brooke Ren, Mathias Charles Glimsdale, Carolyn Cochenour
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Publication number: 20190307438Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus, system, and method for occluding or closing bodily passageways, including septal apertures in the heart, that employs a self-expanding shape-memory material to engage and conform to the lateral faces of the bodily passageways, wherein a structure comprising the self-expanding shape-memory material extends substantially around the periphery of a membrane or a membranous covering and is designed to hold the membrane or the membranous covering generally taut. The structure comprising a plurality of notches or cut-outs and assuming a variety of shapes and sizes suitable for occluding or closing various bodily passageways, including septal apertures located low in a heart or the septum. The present invention being specifically adapted for having a reduced propensity for tearing and rupturing, permitting post-deployment transseptal punctures and interatrial re-entry, and being designed to not interact or interfere with the tricuspid or mitral valves of the heart.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Alan Zajarias, Sara Jane Gries
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Publication number: 20150250590Abstract: A chordae replacement device includes a first anchor for coupling to a native valve leaflet, a second anchor for coupling to heart tissue and a filament adapted for connection between the first anchor and the second anchor so as to limit the movement of the native valve leaflet away from the second anchor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: ST. JUDE MEDICAL, CARDIOLOGY DIVISION, INC.Inventors: Sara Jane Gries, Jacob Paul Mertens
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Patent number: 8919389Abstract: A tubular structure and method for making a tubular structure are provided, where the tubular structure includes at least one layer of braided strands. In general, at least one portion of the braided strands exhibits a braid pattern of crests and troughs (e.g., a wave pattern, which may include sinusoidal, square, and/or sawtooth waves) along a length of the tubular structure. The wave pattern can be created by rotating the mandrel onto which the tubular structure is braided during the braiding process, such as by angularly oscillating the mandrel about its longitudinal axis or about its transverse axis. As a result, the tubular structures may have increased radial strength, collapse resistance, torque transmission, column strength, and kink resistance. The tubular structures may be used in medical devices, such as stent-grafts, as well as in other medical and non-medical devices, such as in hoses, tubing, filters, and other devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2013Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: AGA Medical CorporationInventor: Sara Jane Gries
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Publication number: 20140249567Abstract: Embolic protection devices and systems capture and/or deflect emboli from entering one or more arterial branches of the aorta. An embolic protection device may include an anchor section that is positionable within an arterial branch of the aorta and a shield section that is operatively coupled to the anchor section. The shield section is positionable relative to one or more ostia of the aortic branches and is held in that position by the anchor section.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2013Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: AGA MEDICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Daniel Adams, Sara Jane Gries, Cheryl A. Lecy, Brooke Ren, Mathias Charles Glimsdale, Carolyn Cochenour
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Publication number: 20130304232Abstract: A tubular structure and method for making a tubular structure are provided, where the tubular structure includes at least one layer of braided strands. In general, at least one portion of the braided strands exhibits a braid pattern of crests and troughs (e.g., a wave pattern, which may include sinusoidal, square, and/or sawtooth waves) along a length of the tubular structure. The wave pattern can be created by rotating the mandrel onto which the tubular structure is braided during the braiding process, such as by angularly oscillating the mandrel about its longitudinal axis or about its transverse axis. As a result, the tubular structures may have increased radial strength, collapse resistance, torque transmission, column strength, and kink resistance. The tubular structures may be used in medical devices, such as stent-grafts, as well as in other medical and non-medical devices, such as in hoses, tubing, filters, and other devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventor: Sara Jane Gries
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Patent number: 8511214Abstract: A tubular structure and method for making a tubular structure are provided, where the tubular structure includes at least one layer of braided strands. In general, at least one portion of the braided strands exhibits a braid pattern of crests and troughs (e.g., a wave pattern, which may include sinusoidal, square, and/or sawtooth waves) along a length of the tubular structure. The wave pattern can be created by rotating the mandrel onto which the tubular structure is braided during the braiding process, such as by angularly oscillating the mandrel about its longitudinal axis or about its transverse axis. As a result, the tubular structures may have increased radial strength, collapse resistance, torque transmission, column strength, and kink resistance. The tubular structures may be used in medical devices, such as stent-grafts, as well as in other medical and non-medical devices, such as in hoses, tubing, filters, and other devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: AGA Medical CorporationInventor: Sara Jane Gries
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Publication number: 20120271403Abstract: A tubular structure and method for making a tubular structure are provided, where the tubular structure includes at least one layer of braided strands. In general, at least one portion of the braided strands exhibits a braid pattern of crests and troughs (e.g., a wave pattern, which may include sinusoidal, square, and/or sawtooth waves) along a length of the tubular structure. The wave pattern can be created by rotating the mandrel onto which the tubular structure is braided during the braiding process, such as by angularly oscillating the mandrel about its longitudinal axis or about its transverse axis. As a result, the tubular structures may have increased radial strength, collapse resistance, torque transmission, column strength, and kink resistance. The tubular structures may be used in medical devices, such as stent-grafts, as well as in other medical and non-medical devices, such as in hoses, tubing, filters, and other devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2011Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventor: Sara Jane Gries