Patents Assigned to Transcatheter Technologies GmbH
  • Publication number: 20130338755
    Abstract: An apparatus for folding or unfolding at least one medical implant by way of at least one tension thread includes a shaft and a tensioning device for altering a form or shape of the foldable and/or unfoldable implant by way of the tension thread (11, 11?). In at least one shaft section thereof, the shaft includes a plurality of individual shaft fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Transcatheter Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Goetz, Hou-Sen Lim
  • Publication number: 20130325101
    Abstract: An apparatus for use during implanting at least one medical implant at an implantation site within a patient's body may include an aligning device for aligning the apparatus at the implantation site. The aligning device is capable of being transferred from a non-aligning position into an aligning position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Transcatheter Technologies GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Goetz, Hou-Sen Lim
  • Publication number: 20130096664
    Abstract: An implant, intended to be detachably fixed or crimped on a portion or an outer surface of a catheter for being delivered to an implantation site, includes a longitudinal axis, or an inner space or inner volume longitudinally extending within the implant, and a radial direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, space or volume. The implant includes a first structural element having a first portion, a second structural element having a second portion, and one or more interconnecting elements arranged between the first and the second structural elements. In the implant, the first portion and/or the second portion is/are located less radially as regards the longitudinal axis, inner space, or volume than a third portion of the one or more interconnecting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Transcatheter Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Goetz, Hou-Sen Lim
  • Patent number: 7947075
    Abstract: A replacement valve for implantation centrally within the orifice of a malfunctioning native heart valve. The valve is designed for minimally invasive entry through an intercostal opening in the chest of a patient and an opening in the apex of the human heart. The replacement valve includes either a separate anchor (11, 87, 111) or a combined anchor (67) that folds around the malfunctioning native valve leaflets, sandwiching them in a manner so as to securely anchor the replacement valve in a precise, desired location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Transcatheter Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Goetz, Hou-Sen Lim
  • Patent number: 7837727
    Abstract: A replacement valve for implantation centrally within the orifice of a malfunctioning native heart valve. The valve is designed for minimally invasive entry through an intercostal opening in the chest of a patient and an opening in the apex of the human heart. The replacement valve includes either a separate anchor (11, 87, 111) or a combined anchor (67) that folds around the malfunctioning native valve leaflets, sandwiching them in a manner so as to securely anchor the replacement valve in a precise, desired location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Transcatheter Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Goetz, Hou-Sen Lim