Patents by Inventor Clark Colin

Clark Colin 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).

  • Patent number: 6375679
    Abstract: The combination of a prosthetic valve and a sinus. The valve has a plurality of flexible leaflets for opening and closing the valve, each leaflet having an edge region attached to a frame of the valve and further having a free edge. The sinus has a plurality of lobes symmetrically disposed around the periphery of the sinus, and a conduit located downstream of said lobes in the direction of blood flow through the sinus. The sinus is such that the valve may be located therein with said attached edges of any one of the leaflets extending in coincidence with an upstream edge region of a respective lobe, wherein in axial section taken centrally through a lobe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Advanced Medical Solutions Ltd.
    Inventors: Leat Martyn, Clark Colin, Wu Jin