Patents Assigned to Transcatheter Technologies GmbH
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Publication number: 20130338755Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2011Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: Transcatheter Technologies GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Goetz, Hou-Sen Lim
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Publication number: 20130325101Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2011Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: Transcatheter Technologies GMBHInventors: Wolfgang Goetz, Hou-Sen Lim
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Publication number: 20130245752Abstract: A device is intended to be attached to or interconnected with a medical implant, and intended to be attached to or interconnected with a catheter. The catheter is intended for implanting the implant. A catheter is suited for receiving at least one such device and a method provides a delivery implement with an implant detachably disposed in the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2011Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: TRANSCATHETER TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Wolfgang Goetz, Hou-Sen Lim
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Publication number: 20130103131Abstract: A device is intended to be attached to or interconnected with a medical implant, and intended to be attached to or interconnected with a catheter. The catheter is intended for implanting the implant.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: TRANSCATHETER TECHNOLOGIES GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Goetz, Hou-Sen Lim
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Publication number: 20130096664Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: Transcatheter Technologies GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Goetz, Hou-Sen Lim
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Publication number: 20130096670Abstract: An implant includes at least one supporting arrangement which is suited for supporting the implant at or on an implantation position, wherein both the supporting arrangement and the implant are expandable from a first diameter to a second diameter and/or are collapsible from the second diameter to the first diameter. The supporting arrangement includes bars which are connected to each other by means of connecting sections and at least one post for connecting the supporting arrangement with at least one other structure of the implant. At least two of the connecting sections differ in at least one material characteristic, for example, thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: TRANSCATHETER TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Wolfgang Goetz, Hou-Sen Lim
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Publication number: 20120277734Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus (100) for folding or unfolding at least one medical implant (300) by using at least one tension thread (11, 11?), wherein the apparatus (100) includes a shaft (1) including a reception area for receiving the implant (300), a tensioning device (19) for altering a shape of the foldable and/or unfoldable implant (300) by means of the tension thread (11, 11?), and a separation device for separating the tension thread (11, 11?) from the implant (300) and/or for cutting through the tension thread (11, 11?). The invention further relates to a set and a method.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2010Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: TRANSCATHETER TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Wolfgang Goetz, Hou-Sen Lim
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Patent number: 7947075Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 19, 2010Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Transcatheter Technologies GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Goetz, Hou-Sen Lim
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Publication number: 20110040374Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: TRANSCATHETER TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Wolfgang GOETZ, Hou-Sen LIM
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Publication number: 20110040366Abstract: The present invention proposes a catheter (1) for detachably receiving an expandable and/or decollapsible or unfoldable, respectively, implant, in particular a stent (13), wherein the catheter (1) comprises at least one means (2a, 2b, 2c, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4?, 4?, 4??, 5) for controlling the expansion and/or the unfolding or decollapsing, respectively, of the implant from a first diameter to a second diameter and/or its return back from the second diameter to the first diameter. Furthermore, an implant, in particular a stent (13), and a set are proposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2009Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: TRANSCATHETER TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Wolfgang Goetz, Hou Sen Lim
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Patent number: 7837727Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 15, 2008Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Transcatheter Technologies GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Goetz, Hou-Sen Lim