Patents by Inventor Peggy Dorrer

Peggy Dorrer 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).

  • Anchoring system for implantable heart valve prostheses
    Patent number: 7896913
    Abstract: The invention relates to an anchoring system for heart valve prostheses which can be implanted by introduction via the aorta without any major surgical operation. With the heart valve prosthesis according to the invention it shall be achieved that this can be safely and quickly guided through the aorta toward the heart, and can be fixed there. With this, hook-shaped elements are secured to the commissures of the heart valve prosthesis the hooks of which are guided in an outward direction through the heart valve prosthesis material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: JenaValve Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christoph Damm, Carsten Weber, Stefan Risse, Volker Guyenot, Matthias Mohaupt, Gerd Harnisch, Peggy Dorrer, Markus Ferrari, Klaus Lang, Hans-Reiner Figulla
  • Roughness scanner
    Patent number: 7827856
    Abstract: In a roughness scanner comprising a scanning arm with a scanning needle mounted at one end thereof, a skid carrier having an end supporting a skid with the scanning arm extending along the skid carrier in spaced relationship therefrom, the skid has at one side a guide late including an opening through which the scanning needle extends and a space formed above the guide plate which space is open at least at one side thereof down to the guide plate, so that any liquid collected by the needle and moving upward into the space above the guide late can flow again out of that space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Carl Mahr Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Peggy Dörrer, Josef Ludwig, Rainer Ziegenbein
  • Roughness scanner
    Publication number: 20080121030
    Abstract: In a roughness scanner comprising a scanning arm with a scanning needle mounted at one end thereof, a skid carrier having an end supporting a skid with the scanning arm extending along the skid carrier in spaced relationship therefrom, the skid has at one side a guide plate including an opening through which the scanning needle extends and a space formed above the guide plate which space is open at least at one side thereof down to the guide plate, so that any liquid collected by the needle and moving upward into the space above the guide plate can flow again out of that space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Peggy Dorrer, Josef Ludwig, Rainer Ziegenbein
  • Anchoring system for implantable heart valve prostheses
    Publication number: 20070005129
    Abstract: The invention relates to an anchoring system for heart valve prostheses which can be implanted by introduction via the aorta without any major surgical operation. With the heart valve prosthesis according to the invention it shall be achieved that this can be safely and quickly guided through the aorta toward the heart, and can be fixed there. With this, hook-shaped elements are secured to the commissures of the heart valve prosthesis the hooks of which are guided in an outward direction through the heart valve prosthesis material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Christoph Damm, Carsten Weber, Stefan Risse, Volker Guyenot, Matthias Mohaupt, Gerd Harnisch, Peggy Dorrer, Markus Ferrari, Klaus Lang, Hans-Reiner Figulia
  • Anchoring system for implantable heart valve prostheses
    Publication number: 20030149476
    Abstract: The invention relates to an anchoring system for heart valve prostheses which can be implanted by introduction via the aorta without any major surgical operation. With the heart valve prosthesis according to the invention it shall be achieved that this can be safely and quickly guided through the aorta toward the heart, and can be fixed there. With this, hook-shaped elements are secured to the commissures of the heart valve prosthesis the hooks of which are guided in an outward direction through the heart valve prosthesis material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Christoph Damm, Carsten Weber, Stefan Risse, Volker Guyenot, Matthias Mohaupt, Gerd Harnisch, Peggy Dorrer, Markus Ferrari, Klaus Lang, Hans-Reiner Figulla