St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.

Pacesetter, Inc.

St. Jude Medical Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.

Brian Joseph Perszyk

Theodore Paul Dale

Tracee E Eidenschink

Michael P Meyer

Mathias Charles Glimsdale

Kristopher Henry Vietmeier

Matt Glimsdale

Alex Bloomquist

Luann Raposo

Erika Beek

Andrea Stafford

Thomas Blake Eby

Katherine A Ahmann

Philip Osterbauer

Caytlin Gale

Daniel O Adams

Brooke Ren

Xue Mei Li

Chris Quinn

Benedict Skemp

Pankaj Gupta

Ross Paulson

Justin James Herbert

Bryan Clare Patrick

Mike Meyer

Andrea Osberghaus

Christopher William Hunt

Bryan Cheng Yang Goh

Natasha Louise Bond

Michael Meyer

Erika A Beek

Braided occluding devices having an access passage and methods including the same are described herein. The occluding device includes a braided frame which includes. The braided frame includes an annular distal disc portion, a waist member, and an annular proximal disc portion defining a passageway through the braided frame. The braided frame is formed with a closed end braid.

Frame and patch design for occluder with access passage

A prosthetic heart valve includes stabilization features for anchoring the prosthetic heart valve within a native valve annulus. The prosthetic heart valve includes an expandable stent having an inflow end and an outflow end, and a valve assembly disposed within the stent. One such stabilization feature is a collapsible and an expandable frame formed of compliant wires. The frame has a body including a first end coupled to the stent, a second end, and a lumen extending therethrough for receiving the stent and the valve assembly. When the frame is expanded in the native valve annulus, the compliant wires form an indented region in the frame between the first and second ends of the body and a sub-annulus portion of the frame forms a bulge.

Transcatheter mitral valve fixation concepts

The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of an occlusive medical device including a frame and at least one closure coupled to the frame. The frame includes a distal annular flange having a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface, a proximal annular flange having a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface, and a waist portion extending between and connecting the distal annular flange to the proximal annular flange. The radially inner surface of the distal annular flange, the waist member, and the radially inner surface of the proximal annular flange define an unobstructed passageway through the frame. The at least one closure is configured to close the passageway to: (i) provide an occlusive effect, and (ii) enable subsequent access through the passageway.

Occluder with access passage and closure thereof

Described herein is a medical device including a frame having proximal and distal ends. The frame includes a proximal disc at the proximal end, a distal disc at the distal end, and a connecting segment extending between the proximal end and the distal end and connecting the proximal and distal discs. Each of the proximal and distal discs includes a respective plurality of lobes. Each lobe is defined by a peripheral strut. The medical device also includes at least one patch. The at least one patch is coupled to at least one of the proximal and distal discs of the frame.

Devices and methods for the treatment of vascular abnormalities

Disclosed herein is a delivery catheter for implanting a leadless biostimulator. The delivery catheter includes a shaft and a tubular body having a lumen and an atraumatic end. The atraumatic end includes at least one of a braided, woven or mesh construction configured to facilitate the atraumatic end changing diameter. When a distal portion of the shaft is coupled to a proximal region of the leadless biostimulator, at least one of distally displacing the tubular body relative to the shaft or proximally displacing the shaft relative to the tubular body causes the leadless biostimulator to be received in the volume of the atraumatic end and the atraumatic end to encompass the leadless biostimulator. Conversely, at least one of proximally displacing the tubular body relative to the shaft or distally displacing the shaft relative to the tubular body causes the leadless biostimulator to exit the volume of the atraumatic end.

Delivery catheter systems and methods

A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent extending along a longitudinal axis and having an inflow end and an outflow end, the stent including a plurality of cells annularly arranged around the stent in at least one row, the plurality of cells having a first nesting cell adjacent the outflow end of the stent, a first engaging arm disposed within the first nesting cell and being pivotally movable between a loaded condition, a partially-released condition, and a fully-released condition, the first engaging arm and the first nesting cell having a synchronous pivoting movement, and a collapsible and expandable valve assembly disposed within the stent and having a plurality of leaflets.

Mitral heart valve replacement

Braided occluding devices having an access passage and methods including the same are described herein. The occluding device includes a braided frame. The braided frame includes an annular distal disc portion, a waist member, and an annular proximal disc portion defining a passageway through the braided frame. The braided frame is formed with a closed end braid.

The present disclosure provides collapsible medical devices that are formed from a braided tubular member configured to allow the braided tubular member to be terminated into one or more marker bands while maintaining an open lumen from a proximal end to a distal end. The collapsible medical device including the braided tubular member can be easily pulled down into a delivery sheath or other delivery device so that it is suitable for use with a number of delivery devices. The marker bands, which provide one or more attachment points for a medical device/delivery system, are positioned at one or more locations on the braid such that the braid is fixed and cannot unravel, thus preventing entanglement between individual braid wires and malformation of the device.

Collapsible medical device having an open lumen

The present disclosure describes delivery cables for delivering a medical device. In one embodiment, a delivery cable includes a flexible inner core, a proximal outer coil, and a distal outer coil. The proximal outer coil has a first rigidity. The distal outer coil surrounds at least a portion of a distal section of the flexible inner core and has a second rigidity less than the first rigidity thereby, thereby reducing bias placed on the medical device by the delivery cable.

Flexible torque cable for delivery of medical devices

A delivery cable for delivering a medical device and a delivery device including the same are described herein. The delivery cable includes a flexible inner core, an outer coil surrounding at least a portion of the flexible inner core, and a pull wire disposed between the flexible inner core and the outer coil, the pull wire configured to deflect a distal deflectable portion of the delivery cable upon manipulation thereof. Methods of making the delivery cable and methods of using the delivery cable to deploy a medical device are also described herein.

Deflectable torque cable for delivery of medical devices

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Shoreview, MN, United States of America

Brian Joseph Perszyk