Patents by Inventor C. Waits

C. Waits 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).

  • Heart Valve Inserter
    Publication number: 20070219629
    Abstract: A heart valve holder-inserter (21, 121) is designed to facilitate easy implantation of a mechanical heart valve pros-thesis (23, 123). This holder-inserter, at its distal end, incorporates a pair of diametrically opposed guide members (47, 49, 81, 147, 149) which extend well beyond the leading edge of the prosthesis and which have exterior surfaces (53, 83, 153) of substantial dimension that are smoothly curved and proportioned so as to slowly spread the tissue annulus in order to facilitate easy entrance thereinto of the leading edge portion of the mechanical valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: VALVE SPECIAL PURPOSE CO., LLC
    Inventors: Jack Bokros, Jonathan Stupka, C. Waits