Patents by Inventor Bonnie H. Weiner

Bonnie H. Weiner 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).

  • Prevention of myocardial infarction induced ventricular expansion and remodeling
    Patent number: 7311731
    Abstract: A method for direct therapeutic treatment of myocardial tissue in a localized region of a heart having a pathological condition. The method includes identifying a target region of the myocardium and applying material directly and substantially only to at least a portion of the myocardial tissue of the target region through transseptal delivery. The material applied results in a physically modification the mechanical properties, including stiffness, of said tissue. Various devices and modes of practicing the method are disclosed for stiffening, restraining and constraining myocardial tissue for the treatment of conditions including myocardial infarction or mitral valve regurgitation. The novel treatment may be combined with prior art diagnostic and therapeutic techniques employing transseptal delivery methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Inventors: Jeanne M. Lesniak, Bonnie H. Weiner, William P. Santamore
  • Prevention of myocardial infarction induced ventricular expansion and remodeling
    Publication number: 20030078671
    Abstract: A method for direct therapeutic treatment of myocardial tissue in a localized region of a heart having a pathological condition. The method includes identifying a target region of the myocardium and applying material directly and substantially only to at least a portion of the myocardial tissue of the target region through transseptal delivery. The material applied results in a physically modification the mechanical properties, including stiffness, of said tissue. Various devices and modes of practicing the method are disclosed for stiffening, restraining and constraining myocardial tissue for the treatment of conditions including myocardial infarction or mitral valve regurgitation. The novel treatment may be combined with prior art diagnostic and therapeutic techniques employing transseptal delivery methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Jeanne M. Lesniak, Bonnie H. Weiner, William P. Santamore