Patents Assigned to Heart Leaflet Technologies, Inc.
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Patent number: 8163008Abstract: A device and method for improving flow through a native blood vessel valve, such as the aortic valve, are provided. The present invention allows a miniature valve to be implanted into affected leaflets percutaneously, obviating the need for coronary bypass surgery. The method includes the cutting of small holes, on the order of 4 mm, in the leaflets of a targeted valve, thereby allowing blood to flow through the newly formed holes. The holes are used as attachment sites for the miniature valves of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2008Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Heart Leaflet Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Robert Foster Wilson, Scott Robert Wilson, James L. Pokorney
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Patent number: 7335218Abstract: A device and method for improving flow through a native blood vessel valve, such as the aortic valve, are provided. The present invention allows a miniature valve to be implanted into affected leaflets percutaneously, obviating the need for coronary bypass surgery. The method includes the cutting of small holes, on the order of 4 mm, in the leaflets of a targeted valve, thereby allowing blood to flow through the newly formed holes. The holes are used as attachment sites for the miniature valves of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2003Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Heart Leaflet Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Robert Foster Wilson, Scott Robert Wilson, James L. Pokorney
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Patent number: 7217287Abstract: A device and method for improving flow through a native blood vessel valve, such as the aortic valve, are provided. The present invention allows a miniature valve to be implanted into affected leaflets percutaneously, obviating the need for coronary bypass surgery. The method includes the cutting of small holes, on the order of 4 mm, in the leaflets of a targeted valve, thereby allowing blood to flow through the newly formed holes. The holes are used as attachment sites for the miniature valves of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2003Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Heart Leaflet Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Robert Foster Wilson, Scott Robert Wilson, James L. Pokorney
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Publication number: 20040127979Abstract: A device and method for improving flow through a native blood vessel valve, such as the aortic valve, are provided. The present invention allows a miniature valve to be implanted into affected leaflets percutaneously, obviating the need for coronary bypass surgery. The method includes the cutting of small holes, on the order of 4 mm, in the leaflets of a targeted valve, thereby allowing blood to flow through the newly formed holes. The holes are used as attachment sites for the miniature valves of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Applicant: HEART LEAFLET TECHNOLOGIES, INCInventors: Robert Foster Wilson, Scott Robert Wilson, James L. Pokorney
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Publication number: 20040092989Abstract: A device and method for improving flow through a native blood vessel valve, such as the aortic valve, are provided. The present invention allows a miniature valve to be implanted into affected leaflets percutaneously, obviating the need for coronary bypass surgery. The method includes the cutting of small holes, on the order of 4 mm, in the leaflets of a targeted valve, thereby allowing blood to flow through the newly formed holes. The holes are used as attachment sites for the miniature valves of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2003Publication date: May 13, 2004Applicant: HEART LEAFLET TECHNOLOGIES, INCInventors: Robert Foster Wilson, Scott Robert Wilson, James L. Pokorney
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Publication number: 20040092858Abstract: A device and method for improving flow through a native blood vessel valve, such as the aortic valve, are provided. The present invention allows a miniature valve to be implanted into affected leaflets percutaneously, obviating the need for coronary bypass surgery. The method includes the cutting of small holes, on the order of 4 mm, in the leaflets of a targeted valve, thereby allowing blood to flow through the newly formed holes. The holes are used as attachment sites for the miniature valves of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2003Publication date: May 13, 2004Applicant: HEART LEAFLET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Robert Foster Wilson, Scott Robert Wilson, James L. Pokorney