Patents by Inventor Beverly J. Johnson

Beverly J. Johnson 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).

  • Apparatus and method for delivery of cardiac constraint jacket
    Patent number: 6755779
    Abstract: A cardiac constraint jacket is formed of flexible material defining a volume between an open upper end and a lower end. The jacket is dimensioned for an apex of a patient's heart to be inserted into the volume through the open upper end and for the jacket to be slipped over the heart. The jacket includes a receiving member along its upper end for engagement to a delivery apparatus, the apparatus used in positioning the jacket on the heart. The delivery apparatus includes a handle and a band. The band is generally hoop shaped having a first end and a second end attached to the handle, the first end fixedly attached to the handle and the second end releasably attached to the handle. Alternatively, the first end can be attached to a releasable end cap of the handle. In use, the second end of the band is released from the handle and inserted into the jacket receiving member. The jacket is threaded onto the band and the band end re-attached to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Acorn Cardiovascular, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Vanden Hoek, Beverly J. Johnson, Jody Rivers, John David Dockter
  • Apparatus and method for delivery of cardiac constraint jacket
    Publication number: 20020068850
    Abstract: A cardiac constraint jacket is formed of flexible material defining a volume between an open upper end and a lower end. The jacket is dimensioned for an apex of a patient's heart to be inserted into the volume through the open upper end and for the jacket to be slipped over the heart. The jacket includes a receiving member along its upper end for engagement to a delivery apparatus, the apparatus used in positioning the jacket on the heart. The delivery apparatus includes a handle and a band. The band is generally hoop shaped having a first end and a second end attached to the handle, the first end fixedly attached to the handle and the second end releasably attached to the handle. Alternatively, the first end can be attached to a releasable end cap of the handle. In use, the second end of the band is released from the handle and inserted into the jacket receiving member. The jacket is threaded onto the band and the band end re-attached to the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Applicant: Acorn Cardiovascular, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Vanden Hoek, Beverly J. Johnson, Jody Rivers, John David Dockter