Patents by Inventor Wayne Paterson
Wayne Paterson 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: 11752297Abstract: A packaging system for storing a deployable medical device within a sterilized environment includes a sealed container; a tray disposed within the sealed container; a catheter assembly comprising at least one sheath; a deployable medical device engaged with the catheter assembly; and a sterilizing fluid. The tray comprises a first chamber; a second chamber in fluid communication therewith; and at least a third chamber between the first and second chambers, and in fluid communication with at least the first chamber. The deployable medical device is disposed within the tray in a storage configuration, in which the deployable medical device is disposed within the first chamber in a partially deployed state distally from a distal end of the catheter and the catheter assembly spans between the first chamber and the second chamber. The sterilizing fluid contacts at least a part of the deployable medical device in the storage configuration.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Anteris Technologies CorporationInventors: William Morris Leonard Neethling, Christopher P. Olig, Scott Bliss, Wayne Paterson, Philip J. Haarstad, Tuan Doan, Alex A. Peterson, David Blaeser
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Publication number: 20230255757Abstract: A heart valve replacement device comprises a stent having a first end, a second end, an outer surface, and an inner surface, the inner surface defining a lumen; and a valve disposed within the lumen of the stent, the valve formed from a single sheet of tissue, the valve having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a thickness between the outer surface and the inner surface, the valve comprising at least three leaflets, wherein, the valve is attached to the stent with minimal sutures. The leaflets are formed with a curvilinear surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: Anteris Technologies CorporationInventors: William Morris Leonard Neethling, Scott Bliss, Anthony Michael Macintyre, Wayne Paterson
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Patent number: 11648107Abstract: A heart valve replacement device comprises a stent having a first end, a second end, an outer surface, and an inner surface, the inner surface defining a lumen; and a valve disposed within the lumen of the stent, the valve formed from a single sheet of tissue, the valve having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a thickness between the outer surface and the inner surface, the valve comprising at least three leaflets, wherein, the valve is attached to the stent with minimal sutures. The leaflets are formed with a curvilinear surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Anteris Technologies CorporationInventors: William Morris Leonard Neethling, Scott Bliss, Anthony Michael MacIntyre, Wayne Paterson
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Publication number: 20210146092Abstract: A packaging system for storing a deployable medical device within a sterilized environment includes a sealed container; a tray disposed within the sealed container; a catheter assembly comprising at least one sheath; a deployable medical device engaged with the catheter assembly; and a sterilizing fluid. The tray comprises a first chamber; a second chamber in fluid communication therewith; and at least a third chamber between the first and second chambers, and in fluid communication with at least the first chamber. The deployable medical device is disposed within the tray in a storage configuration, in which the deployable medical device is disposed within the first chamber in a partially deployed state distally from a distal end of the catheter and the catheter assembly spans between the first chamber and the second chamber. The sterilizing fluid contacts at least a part of the deployable medical device in the storage configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: Anteris Technologies CorporationInventors: William Morris Leonard Neethling, Christopher P. Olig, Scott Bliss, Wayne Paterson, Philip J. Haarstad, Tuan Doan, Alex A. Peterson, David Blaeser
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Patent number: 10926058Abstract: A sterilized packaging system for a deployable medical device comprises a sealed container with a tray disposed within the sealed container. The tray comprises a first chamber at a proximal end of the tray and at least a deployable medical device is disposed within the first chamber in a storage configuration, wherein the deployable medical device is engaged with the catheter and positioned in a partially deployed state distally from the distal end of a catheter. A sterilizing fluid is disposed within at least the first chamber.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Anteris Technologies CorporationInventors: William Morris Leonard Neethling, Christopher P. Olig, Scott Bliss, Wayne Paterson, Philip J. Haarstad, Tuan Doan, Alex A. Peterson, David J. Blaeser
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Publication number: 20190117390Abstract: A heart valve replacement device comprises a stent having a first end, a second end, an outer surface, and an inner surface, the inner surface defining a lumen; and a valve disposed within the lumen of the stent, the valve formed from a single sheet of tissue, the valve having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a thickness between the outer surface and the inner surface, the valve comprising at least three leaflets, wherein, the valve is attached to the stent with minimal sutures. The leaflets are formed with a curvilinear surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: William Morris Leonard Neethling, Scott Bliss, Anthony Michael Macintryre, Wayne Paterson, Christopher P. Olig
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Publication number: 20190015625Abstract: A sterilized packaging system for a deployable medical device comprises a sealed container with a tray disposed within the sealed container. The tray comprises a first chamber at a proximal end of the tray and at least a deployable medical device is disposed within the first chamber in a storage configuration, wherein the deployable medical device is engaged with the catheter and positioned in a partially deployed state distally from the distal end of a catheter. A sterilizing fluid is disposed within at least the first chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2018Publication date: January 17, 2019Inventors: William Morris Leonard Neethling, Christopher P. Olig, Scott Bliss, Wayne Paterson, Philip J. Haarstad, Tuan Doan, Alex A. Peterson, David J. Blaeser
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Patent number: 6250610Abstract: A cooling tower is provided for industrial process cooling as well as air conditioning systems. The cooling tower includes a tower shell that is unitarily molded from a plastic material. The tower shell includes opposed parallel top and bottom walls, a bottom connecting wall extending upwardly and outwardly from the bottom wall, a top connecting wall extending downwardly and outwardly from the top wall and a side wall extending between the connecting walls. Supports are unitarily molded and extend outwardly from the bottom connecting wall for supporting a tower shell and filler material disposed therein.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 1999Date of Patent: June 26, 2001Assignee: Delta Cooling Towers, Inc.Inventors: John C. Flaherty, Wayne Paterson, George Dilts