Patents Assigned to Heart Leaflet Technologies, Inc.
  • Leaflet valve
    Patent number: 8163008
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Heart Leaflet Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Foster Wilson, Scott Robert Wilson, James L. Pokorney
  • Delivery device for leaflet valve
    Patent number: 7335218
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Heart Leaflet Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Foster Wilson, Scott Robert Wilson, James L. Pokorney
  • Method of treating diseased valve
    Patent number: 7217287
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Heart Leaflet Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Foster Wilson, Scott Robert Wilson, James L. Pokorney