Patents by Inventor Stephannie Rundle

Stephannie Rundle 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).

  • Circumferentially constraining sutures for a stent-graft
    Patent number: 9427307
    Abstract: A circumferentially constraining suture for an endovascular prosthesis having a tubular body and a plurality of stents coupled to the tubular body includes a first thread coupled at a first end to one of the stents and a first thread loop disposed opposite the first end. The first thread extends only partially around a circumference of the tubular body in a radially expanded configuration. A second thread having a second thread loop is interlocked with the first thread loop and extends from the first thread loop around a remainder of the circumference of the tubular body. Pulling the second thread causes the first thread to circumferentially constrain the tubular body to a reduced diameter configuration. A trigger wire inserted through the first thread loop retains the first thread such that the tubular body is in the reduced diameter configuration after removal of the second thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Meghan Pearson, Emilie Simmons, Stephen Pearce, Stephannie Rundle, Ana Zavala
  • Circumferentially Constraining Sutures for a Stent-Graft
    Publication number: 20150157445
    Abstract: A circumferentially constraining suture for an endovascular prosthesis having a tubular body and a plurality of stents coupled to the tubular body includes a first thread coupled at a first end to one of the stents and a first thread loop disposed opposite the first end. The first thread extends only partially around a circumference of the tubular body in a radially expanded configuration. A second thread having a second thread loop is interlocked with the first thread loop and extends from the first thread loop around a remainder of the circumference of the tubular body. Pulling the second thread causes the first thread to circumferentially constrain the tubular body to a reduced diameter configuration. A trigger wire inserted through the first thread loop retains the first thread such that the tubular body is in the reduced diameter configuration after removal of the second thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Meghan Pearson, Emilie Simmons, Stephen Pearce, Stephannie Rundle, Ana Zavala
  • Circumferentially constraining sutures for a stent-graft
    Patent number: 8968384
    Abstract: A circumferentially constraining suture for an endovascular prosthesis having a tubular body and a plurality of stents coupled to the tubular body includes a first thread coupled at a first end to one of the stents and a first thread loop disposed opposite the first end. The first thread extends only partially around a circumference of the tubular body in a radially expanded configuration. A second thread having a second thread loop is interlocked with the first thread loop and extends from the first thread loop around a remainder of the circumference of the tubular body. Pulling the second thread causes the first thread to circumferentially constrain the tubular body to a reduced diameter configuration. A trigger wire inserted through the first thread loop retains the first thread such that the tubular body is in the reduced diameter configuration after removal of the second thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Meghan Pearson, Emilie Simmons, Stephen Pearce, Stephannie Rundle, Ana Zavala
  • CIRCUMFERENTIALLY CONSTRAINING SUTURES FOR A STENT-GRAFT
    Publication number: 20130289713
    Abstract: A circumferentially constraining suture for an endovascular prosthesis having a tubular body and a plurality of stents coupled to the tubular body includes a first thread coupled at a first end to one of the stents and a first thread loop disposed opposite the first end. The first thread extends only partially around a circumference of the tubular body in a radially expanded configuration. A second thread having a second thread loop is interlocked with the first thread loop and extends from the first thread loop around a remainder of the circumference of the tubular body. Pulling the second thread causes the first thread to circumferentially constrain the tubular body to a reduced diameter configuration. A trigger wire inserted through the first thread loop retains the first thread such that the tubular body is in the reduced diameter configuration after removal of the second thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Meghan Pearson, Emilie Simmons, Stephen Pearce, Stephannie Rundle, Ana Zavala