Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Thomas J. Engelenner
  • Passive girdle for heart ventricle for therapeutic aid to patients having ventricular dilatation
    Patent number: 6224540
    Abstract: A passive girdle is wrapped around a heart muscle which has dilatation of a ventricle to conform to the size and shape of the heart and to constrain the dilatation during diastole. The girdle is formed of a material and structure that does not expand away from the heart but may, over an extended period of time be decreased in size as dilatation decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Abiomed, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Lederman, Robert T. V. Kung