Patents by Inventor Alexander Robert Dixon

Alexander Robert Dixon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • NATIVE VALVE REPAIR DEVICES AND PROCEDURES
    Publication number: 20240074861
    Abstract: A valve repair system for repairing a native valve of a patient during a non-open-heart procedure includes a delivery device and a valve repair device. The valve repair device include a pair of paddles, first gripping member, a second gripping member, and a spacer. First and second gripping member controls or first and second gripping member control portions are coupled to the first and second gripping members to move the gripping members. The spacer element is configured to close a gap in the native valve of the patient when the valve repair device is attached to the native valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Asher L. Metchik, Sergio Delgado, Alexander J. Siegel, Eric Robert Dixon, Lauren R. Freschauf, Matthew T. Winston, Gregory Scott Tyler, II
  • Native valve repair devices and procedures
    Patent number: 11918469
    Abstract: A valve repair device for repairing a native valve of a patient. The valve repair device includes a compressible spacer element, a pair of paddles, and a pair of gripping members. The pair of paddles are coupled to the spacer element. The pair of gripping members are disposed between the pair of paddles. The paddles and the gripping members are configured to attach to leaflets of a heart valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Asher L. Metchik, Gregory Scott Tyler, II, Matthew T. Winston, Sergio Delgado, Lauren R. Freschauf, Eric Robert Dixon, Alexander J. Siegel
  • Methods and apparatus for maintaining online preferences
    Patent number: 7730151
    Abstract: At a service provider, a system receives recipient information containing preferences to be used in an online transaction. The recipient information is received from a client. At the service provider, the system associates the recipient information with the client from which the recipient information was received, and stores the recipient information at the client. The recipient information contains preferences to be used in the online transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Christopher Fabbri, Allan Morgan Young, Alexander Robert Dixon, Christopher Frederic Haupt