Patents by Inventor Clemens J. Jacobs

Clemens J. Jacobs 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).

  • Method for interrupting conduction paths within the heart
    Patent number: 7128740
    Abstract: A method for making transmural lesions in one or more walls of the atria of the heart in open-heart surgery. The lesion blocks electrical impulses in a direction crosswise to the lesion. The method uses a probe having a handle (1), a closed electrode (2) at an end of the probe, a relatively rigid member (5) of physiologically acceptable plastic connecting the probe and the electrode, and means (6, 7) for coupling the probe to an RF power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Inventors: Clemens J. Jacobs, Tjong Hauw Sie
  • Method for interrupting conduction paths within the heart
    Publication number: 20030191462
    Abstract: A method for making transmural lesions in one or more walls of the atria of the heart in open-heart surgery. The lesion blocks electrical impulses in a direction crosswise to the lesion. The method uses a probe having a handle (1), a closed electrode (2) at an end of the probe, a relatively rigid member (5) of physiologically acceptable plastic connecting the probe and the electrode, and means (6, 7) for coupling the probe to an RF power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Clemens J. Jacobs, Tjong Hauw Sie
  • Instrument for interrupting conduction paths within the heart
    Publication number: 20030045872
    Abstract: A probe for making transmural lesions in one or more walls of the atria of the heart in open-heart surgery. The lesion blocks electrical impulses in a direction crosswise to the lesion. The probe has a handle (1), a closed electrode (2) at an end of the probe, a relatively rigid member (5) of physiologically acceptable plastic connecting the probe and the electrode, and means (6, 7) for coupling the probe to an RF power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Clemens J. Jacobs, Tjong Hauw Sie
  • Instrument for interrupting conduction paths within the heart
    Patent number: 6502575
    Abstract: A description is given of a probe for making strip-shaped transmural lesions in one or more walls of the atria of the heart in open-heart surgery. The stripe-shaped lesion blocks electrical impulses in a direction crosswise to the lesion. The probe has a handle (1), a closed end (2) and a relatively rigid shaft (5), and means (6, 7) for coupling the probe to an RF power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Inventors: Clemens J. Jacobs, Tjong Hauw Sie
  • Instrument for interrupting conduction paths within the heart
    Patent number: 6165174
    Abstract: A description is given of a probe for making stripe-shaped transmural lesions in one or more walls of the atria of the heart in open-heart surgery. The strip-shaped lesion blocks electrical impulses in a direction crosswise to the lesion. The probe has a handle (1), a closed end (2) and a relatively rigid shaft (5), and means (6, 7) for coupling the problem to an RF power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Clemens Josephus Jacobs
    Inventors: Clemens J. Jacobs, Tjong Hauw Sie