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Granted Patent B2
US 12,514,707 · App. 17/793,504 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Medical devices for shunts, occluders, fenestrations and related systems and methods

Inventors: Daniel S. Cole (Flagstaff, AZ); Tom R. McDaniel (Flagstaff, AZ); Edward E. Shaw (Flagstaff, AZ); Benjamin A. Smith (Flagstaff, AZ); Jerome Adam-Cote (San Francisco, CA); Ian R. Berve (Mountain, CA); Barrett S. Hutto (Santa Cruz, CA); James A. McCrea (San Carlos, CA)
Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
A61F2/2487
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Patent No.
US 12,514,707
App. No.
17/793,504
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An implantable medical device comprising a first frame component. The first frame component including a first set of elongate elements configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient. The implantable medical device also comprising a second frame component including a second set of elongate elements configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient. The first frame component and the second frame component being discrete and separate from one another. The implantable medical device also comprising a conduit portion arranged between the first frame component and the second frame component. The conduit portion including a membrane connecting the first frame component and the second frame component.

Claims (23)

1 . An implantable medical device, comprising:

a first frame component configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient;

a second frame component configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient wherein at least one of the first frame component and the second frame component includes inner apices and outer apices, and one or more eyelets arranged with at least one of the outer apices and the inner apices; and

wherein at least one of the first frame component and the second frame component includes a star shape having the inner apices and the outer apices and the one or more eyelets includes a plurality of eyelets pairs with one of the plurality of eyelet pairs arranged on an exterior side of one of the first frame component and the second frame component at the inner apices and one of the plurality of eyelet pairs arranged on an interior side of one of the first frame component and the second frame component at the outer apices.

2 . The implantable medical device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of eyelets pairs include a first plurality of eyelet pairs each arranged adjacent the inner apices and a second plurality of eyelet pairs each arranged adjacent the outer apices.

3 . The implantable medical device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first frame component and the second frame includes a first surface and a second surface, and the plurality of eyelet pairs extend about the frame element along one or both of the first surface and the second surface.

4 . The implantable medical device of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of eyelet pairs extend about the frame element and are arranged alternatively on the first surface and the second surface.

5 . The implantable medical device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the inner apices and the outer apices include one or more greater width portions and one or more lesser width portions arranged between the at least one of the inner apices and the outer apices.

6 . The implantable medical device of claim 5 , wherein at least one of the first frame component and the second frame component includes two greater width portions and one lesser width portion in between two apices of the apices.

7 . The implantable medical device of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of eyelet pairs are arranged with the one or more greater width portions.

8 . The implantable medical device of claim 1 , further including one or more tethers coupled to the first frame component and the second frame component and arranged through the conduit portion.

9 . The implantable medical device of claim 1 , further including a membrane includes a first layer and a second layer that sandwich the first frame component and the second frame component.

10 . The implantable medical device of claim 9 , wherein the one or more tethers are configured to structurally enhance the conduit portion.

11 . An implantable medical device, comprising:

a first frame component configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient;

a second frame component configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient wherein at least one of the first frame component and the second frame component includes inner apices and outer apices, and one or more eyelets arranged on an interior side of the outer apices and on the exterior side of the inner apices.

12 . The implantable medical device of claim 11 , further including a conduit portion arranged between the first frame component and the second frame component and one or more tethers coupled to the first frame component and the second frame component and arranged through the conduit portion.

13 . The implantable medical device of claim 12 , wherein the one or more tethers are configured to structurally enhance the conduit portion.

14 . An implantable medical device, comprising:

a first frame component configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient;

a second frame component configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient wherein at least one of the first frame component and the second frame component includes inner apices and outer apices, and one or more eyelets arranged with at least one of the outer apices and the inner apices; and

wherein at least one of the first frame component and the second frame component includes a star shape having the inner apices and the outer apices and the one or more eyelets includes a plurality of eyelets pairs with one of the plurality of eyelet pairs arranged on an interior side of one of the first frame component and the second frame component and one of the plurality of eyelet pairs arranged on an exterior side of one of the first frame component and the second frame component,

wherein the implantable medical device further comprises a conduit portion arranged between the first frame component and the second frame component, the conduit portion including a membrane connecting the first frame component and the second frame component, the conduit portion defining a lumen and the first and second frame components configured to laterally force the conduit portion open in a deployed configuration.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2022
From: ADAM-COTE, JEROME; BERVE, IAN R.; HUTTO, BARRETT S.; MCCREA, JAMES A.
To: CIRTEC MEDICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061500/0521 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2022
From: CIRTEC MEDICAL CORPORATION
To: W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Reel/Frame 061500/0920 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2022
From: COLE, DANIEL S.; MCDANIEL, TOM R.; SHAW, EDWARD E.; SMITH, BENJAMIN A.
To: W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Reel/Frame 061501/0007 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62962541 · Jan 17, 2020
Related Publication 20230074508A1 · Mar 9, 2023
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