Patents Assigned to Cardiac Dimensions Pty. Ltd.
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Patent number: 9956076Abstract: Devices for treating mitral valve regurgitation, including a distal expandable anchor, a proximal expandable anchor, and a fixed length connecting member extending from the proximal expandable anchor to the distal expandable anchor, where at least one of the proximal and distal anchors includes first and second arm segments that extend from one end of the device toward the connecting member and the other anchor when in a collapsed delivery configuration, and where the at least one of the proximal and distal anchors that comprises the first and second arm segments has an expanded configuration in which the first and second arm segments extend radially outwardly such that the first and second arm segments extend away from one another toward the connector, and meet one another at a location axially spaced from the end of the device.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Mark L. Mathis, Gregory D. Nieminen, David G. Reuter
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Patent number: 9956077Abstract: Tissue shaping devices adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart. The devices include a first anchor and a second anchor adapted to be deployed by a catheter to engage a vessel wall while the first anchor is adapted to resist the compression of a first part of the first anchor and resist the expansion of a second part of the first anchor in response to a compressive force on the first part.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Gregory D. Nieminen, Carly A. Thaler
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Patent number: 9827100Abstract: Devices for treating mitral valve regurgitation, including a distal expandable anchor, a proximal expandable anchor, and a fixed length connecting member extending from the proximal expandable anchor to the distal expandable anchor, where at least one of the proximal and distal anchors includes first and second arm segments that extend from one end of the device toward the connecting member and the other anchor when in a collapsed delivery configuration, and where the at least one of the proximal and distal anchors that comprises the first and second arm segments has an expanded configuration in which the first and second arm segments extend radially outwardly such that the first and second arm segments extend away from one another toward the connector, and meet one another at a location axially spaced from the end of the device.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Mark L. Mathis, Gregory D. Nieminen, David G. Reuter
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Patent number: 9827099Abstract: Devices for treating mitral valve regurgitation, including a distal expandable anchor, a proximal expandable anchor, and a fixed length connecting member extending from the proximal expandable anchor to the distal expandable anchor, where at least one of the proximal and distal anchors includes first and second arm segments that extend from one end of the device toward the connecting member and the other anchor when in a collapsed delivery configuration, and where the at least one of the proximal and distal anchors that comprises the first and second arm segments has an expanded configuration in which the first and second arm segments extend radially outwardly such that the first and second arm segments extend away from one another toward the connector, and meet one another at a location axially spaced from the end of the device.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Mark L. Mathis, Gregory D. Nieminen, David G. Reuter
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Patent number: 9827098Abstract: Methods of treating mitral valve regurgitation, including causing a distal expandable anchor to self-expand within a coronary sinus, anchoring the distal expandable anchor against movement in the coronary sinus, changing the geometry of a mitral valve annulus, causing a proximal expandable anchor to self-expand within the coronary sinus, anchoring the proximal expandable anchor against movement within the coronary sinus, and withdrawing the delivery system from the coronary sinus.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Mark L. Mathis, Gregory D. Nieminen, David G. Reuter
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Publication number: 20170189185Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart. Such tissue shaping device can include an expandable proximal anchor; a proximal anchor lock adapted to lock the proximal anchor in an expanded configuration; an expandable distal anchor; a distal anchor lock adapted to lock the distal anchor in an expanded configuration; and a connector disposed between the proximal anchor and the distal anchor, the connector having a substantially non-circular cross-section.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: CARDIAC DIMENSIONS PTY. LTD.Inventors: Gregory NIEMINEN, Nathan ARONSON
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Patent number: 9597186Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart. Such tissue shaping device can include an expandable proximal anchor; a proximal anchor lock adapted to lock the proximal anchor in an expanded configuration; an expandable distal anchor; a distal anchor lock adapted to lock the distal anchor in an expanded configuration; and a connector disposed between the proximal anchor and the distal anchor, the connector having a substantially non-circular cross-section.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: CARDIAC DIMENSIONS PTY. LTD.Inventors: Gregory Nieminen, Nathan Aronson
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Patent number: 9526616Abstract: The present invention relates to a tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart. The device comprises a first anchor and a second anchor adapted to be deployed by a catheter to engage a vessel wall while the first anchor is adapted to resist the compression of a first part of the first anchor and resist the expansion of a second part of the first anchor in response to a compressive force on the first part.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2006Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: CARDIAC DIMENSIONS PTY. LTD.Inventors: Gregory Nieminen, Carly A. Thaler
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Patent number: 9474608Abstract: An anchor anchors a therapeutic device having an elongated body within a body lumen. The anchor includes a fixation member carried on the device which is adjustable from a first configuration that permits placement of the device in the body lumen to a second configuration that anchors the device within the body lumen. The anchor further includes a lock that locks the fixation member in the second configuration. The fixation member may be locked in any one of a plurality of intermediate points between the first configuration and a maximum second configuration.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2004Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: CARDIAC DIMENSIONS PTY. LTD.Inventors: Mark L. Mathis, Leonard Kowalsky, David G. Reuter, Cruz Beeson
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Patent number: 9408695Abstract: A device affects the mitral valve annulus geometry of a heart. The device includes a first anchor configured to be positioned within and anchored to the coronary sinus of the heart adjacent the mitral valve annulus within the heart and a second anchor configured to be positioned within the coronary sinus of the heart proximal to the first anchor and adjacent the mitral valve annulus within the heart. The second anchor, when deployed, anchors against distal movement and is moveable in a proximal direction. The device further includes a connecting member having a fixed length permanently attached to the first and second anchors. As a result, when the first and second anchors are within the coronary sinus with the first anchor anchored in the coronary sinus, the second anchor may be displaced proximally to affect the geometry of the mitral valve annulus and released to maintain the effect on the mitral valve geometry.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: CARDIAC DIMENSIONS PTY. LTD.Inventors: Mark L. Mathis, Gregory D. Nieminen, David G. Reuter
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Patent number: 9320600Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart. Such tissue shaping device can include an expandable proximal anchor; a proximal anchor lock adapted to lock the proximal anchor in an expanded configuration; an expandable distal anchor; a distal anchor lock adapted to lock the distal anchor in an expanded configuration; and a connector disposed between the proximal anchor and the distal anchor, the connector having a substantially non-circular cross-section.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Gregory Nieminen, Nathan Aronson
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Patent number: 8974525Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart. Such tissue shaping device can include an expandable proximal anchor; a proximal anchor lock adapted to lock the proximal anchor in an expanded configuration; an expandable distal anchor; a distal anchor lock adapted to lock the distal anchor in an expanded configuration; and a connector disposed between the proximal anchor and the distal anchor, the connector having a substantially non-circular cross-section.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2010Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Gregory Nieminen, Nathan Aronson