Patents Assigned to FOLDAX, INC.
  • Replacement heart valves and their methods of use and manufacture
    Patent number: 11654019
    Abstract: A prosthetic valve has a support structure that meets with a plurality of leaflets capable of transitioning between open and closed states. The support structure can include a base frame with a polymer coating and the leaflets can be artificial. The interface between the support structure and each leaflet can be at least partially convex when viewed from an exterior of the support structure along a normal to a plane formed by a central axis of the support structure and a central axis of the leaflet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Foldax, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason G. Beith
  • Prosthetic heart valves with elastic support structures and related methods
    Patent number: 11534293
    Abstract: Prosthetic heart valves having elastic leaflets and an elastic support structure are described. The support structure can store a load transferred from the leaflets as potential energy and then release it in the form of kinetic energy to exhibit a precursory transition from the closed position to the open position. The support structures can exhibit a sinusoidal movement profile at a base edge during the precursory transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: FOLDAX, INC.
    Inventor: Jason G. Beith
  • Prosthetic heart valves with elastic support structures and related methods
    Patent number: 11129712
    Abstract: Prosthetic heart valves having elastic leaflets and an elastic support structure are described. The support structure can store a load transferred from the leaflets as potential energy and then release it in the form of kinetic energy to exhibit a precursory transition from the closed position to the open position. The support structures can exhibit a sinusoidal movement profile at a base edge during the precursory transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: FOLDAX, INC.
    Inventor: Jason G. Beith
  • Systems, devices, and methods relating to the manufacture of intravascularly implantable prosthetic valves
    Patent number: 11000369
    Abstract: Improved prosthetic heart valves, their methods of manufacture, and systems and devices for manufacturing the valves are described. The prosthetic heart valves can be configured for transcatheter implantation. The prosthetic heart valves can have artificial leaflets. The prosthetic heart valves can be manufactured in numerous ways, such as by polymeric dipping processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLGY, FOLDAX, INC.
    Inventors: Morteza Gharib, Manuel Bedrossian, Stephanie Rider, Jason G. Beith
  • Replacement heart valves and their methods of use and manufacture
    Patent number: 10918477
    Abstract: A prosthetic valve has a support structure that meets with a plurality of leaflets capable of transitioning between open and closed states. The support structure can include a base frame with a polymer coating and the leaflets can be artificial. The interface between the support structure and each leaflet can be at least partially convex when viewed from an exterior of the support structure along a normal to a plane formed by a central axis of the support structure and a central axis of the leaflet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: FOLDAX, INC.
    Inventor: Jason G. Beith
  • Prosthetic heart valves with elastic support structures and related methods
    Patent number: 10231833
    Abstract: Prosthetic heart valves having elastic leaflets and an elastic support structure are described. The support structure can store a load transferred from the leaflets as potential energy and then release it in the form of kinetic energy to exhibit a precursory transition from the closed position to the open position. The support structures can exhibit a sinusoidal movement profile at a base edge during the precursory transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: FOLDAX, INC.
    Inventor: Jason G. Beith
  • Replacement heart valves and their methods of use and manufacture
    Patent number: 9539089
    Abstract: A prosthetic valve has a support structure that meets with a plurality of leaflets capable of transitioning between open and closed states. The support structure can include a base frame with a polymer coating and the leaflets can be artificial. The interface between the support structure and each leaflet can be at least partially convex when viewed from an exterior of the support structure along a normal to a plane formed by a central axis of the support structure and a central axis of the leaflet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: FOLDAX, INC.
    Inventor: Jason G. Beith
  • Replacement heart valves and their methods of use and manufacture
    Patent number: 9301837
    Abstract: A prosthetic valve has a support structure that meets with a plurality of leaflets capable of transitioning between open and closed states. The support structure can include a base frame with a polymer coating and the leaflets can be artificial. The interface between the support structure and each leaflet can be at least partially convex when viewed from an exterior of the support structure along a normal to a plane formed by a central axis of the support structure and a central axis of the leaflet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: FOLDAX, INC.
    Inventor: Jason G. Beith