Patents by Inventor Thuy Linh Dinh

Thuy Linh Dinh 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).

  • IMPLANT LEAFLET PROTECTION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20240245499
    Abstract: An assembly includes a medical device having a stent and a prosthetic valve connected to the stent. The prosthetic valve includes valve leaflets. The assembly further includes a buffer piece having a leaflet cover and a removable attaching structure. The leaflet cover protects the valve leaflets and the removable attaching structure removably attaches the buffer piece to the medical device. The buffer piece prevents contact, imprinting, abrasion, and/or damage to the valve leaflets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Thuy Linh Dinh, Alkindi Kibria, Victoria Ung, Veronica Woen, Priyanka Ganesh, Kshitija Garde
  • Implant leaflet protection assembly and method
    Patent number: 11957560
    Abstract: An assembly includes a medical device having a stent and a prosthetic valve connected to the stent. The prosthetic valve includes valve leaflets. The assembly further includes a buffer piece having a leaflet cover and a removable attaching structure. The leaflet cover protects the valve leaflets and the removable attaching structure removably attaches the buffer piece to the medical device. The buffer piece prevents contact, imprinting, abrasion, and/or damage to the valve leaflets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic Vacular, Inc.
    Inventors: Thuy Linh Dinh, Alkindi Kibria, Victoria Ung, Veronica Woen, Priyanka Ganesh, Kshitija Garde
  • TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE PROTHESIS AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING
    Publication number: 20240081982
    Abstract: A transcatheter heart valve prosthesis and a method of assembling the transcatheter heart valve prosthesis are disclosed. The heart valve prosthesis includes a valve-skirt assembly having an inner skirt, a frame, an outer wrap backing and an outer wrap. The method includes: tacking the valve-skirt assembly within the frame; attaching the inner skirt below commissure posts of the frame; attaching commissures of the valve component to the commissure posts; attaching a plurality of outer wrap backings to the inner skirt; attaching the outer wrap backings and the inner skirt to the frame; attaching tissue bumpers to struts in an outflow section of the frame; attaching an outer wrap and the inner skirt to the frame; attaching the outer wrap to the inner skirt proximate inflow edges thereof; and attaching the outer wrap to the inner skirt and to the outer wrap backings proximate respective outflow edges thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Alkindi KIBRIA, Karl L. OLNEY, Kshitija P. GARDE, Kelly T. TRAN, Philip C. LEUNG, Ashlee A. LUU, Tasha CHESHKO, Veronica L. WOEN, Mark CASLEY, Ambar A. KIM, Thuy Linh DINH
  • IMPLANT LEAFLET PROTECTION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20230172701
    Abstract: An assembly includes a medical device having a stent and a prosthetic valve connected to the stent. The prosthetic valve includes valve leaflets. The assembly further includes a buffer piece having a leaflet cover and a removable attaching structure. The leaflet cover protects the valve leaflets and the removable attaching structure removably attaches the buffer piece to the medical device. The buffer piece prevents contact, imprinting, abrasion, and/or damage to the valve leaflets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Alkindi Kibria, Thuy Linh Dinh, Victoria Ung, Veronica Woen, Priyanka Ganesh, Kshitija Garde