Patents by Inventor Cristobal R. Hernandez
Cristobal R. Hernandez 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).
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Publication number: 20240041602Abstract: In one example, an implantable prosthetic device comprises a spacer body portion configured to be disposed between native leaflets of a heart, and an anchor portion configured to secure the native leaflets against the spacer body portion. The prosthetic device can be movable between multiple configurations. A size of the spacer body is configured to be adjusted after the spacer body is placed between the native valve leaflets and the pair of anchors are placed against the ventricular surfaces of the native heart valve leaflets. A delivery apparatus can have a first shaft and a second shaft, wherein movement of the first shaft relative to the second shaft moves the anchor portion relative to the spacer body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Mark Chau, David M. Taylor, Alexander J. Siegel, Christopher J. Olson, Sergio Delgado, Alexander H. Cooper, Lauren R. Freschauf, Asher L. Metchik, Matthew T. Winston, Cristobal R. Hernandez, Emil Karapetian, Bao Khuu, Eric Robert Dixon, Amanda French, Philip P. Corso, JR.
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Patent number: 11793642Abstract: In one representative embodiment, an implantable prosthetic device comprises a spacer body portion configured to be disposed between native leaflets of a heart, and an anchor portion configured to secure the native leaflets against the spacer body portion. The prosthetic device can be movable between multiple configurations. The spacer body can be made from braided, self-expandable metallic thread. A delivery apparatus can have a first shaft and a second shaft, wherein movement of the first shaft relative to the second shaft moves the anchor portion relative to the spacer body.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Chau, David M. Taylor, Alexander J. Siegel, Christopher J. Olson, Sergio Delgado, Alexander H. Cooper, Lauren R. Freschauf, Asher L. Metchik, Matthew T. Winston, Cristobal R. Hernandez, Emil Karapetian, Bao Khuu, Eric Robert Dixon
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Publication number: 20230293176Abstract: Valve repair systems and clips attachable to one or more leaflets of a heart valve. The systems and clips can have center member, first and second clipping arms, and a tubular member. The first and second clipping arms are movable between an open position and a closed position. The clipping arms including respective first end portions coupled together and respective second end portions extendable axially and radially outward. The tubular member is disposed about the first end portion of the center member and first end portions of the first and second clipping arms. Axial motion of the tubular member relative to the center member or axial motion of the center member relative to the tubular member causes corresponding movement of the clipping arms between the open and closed positions. Other implementations are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Cristobal R. Hernandez, Gregory Bak-Boychuk, Emil Karapetian
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Publication number: 20230218232Abstract: A sensor implant device includes a shunt structure comprising a flow path conduit and a plurality of arms configured to secure the shunt structure to a tissue wall, and a pressure sensor device attached to one of the plurality of arms of the shunt structure. The pressure sensor device comprises one or more sensor elements, an antenna, control circuitry electrically coupled to the one or more sensor elements and the antenna, and a housing that houses the control circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Stanton J. Rowe, Arvin T. Chang, Joseph Arthur Passman, Scott Louis Pool, Jinny Lee, Viral Lalitmohan Gandhi, Alison S. Curtis, Gregory Bak-Boychuk, Emil Karapetian, Glen T. Rabito, Cristobal R. Hernandez
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Patent number: 11690621Abstract: Valve repair systems and clips for attachment to one or more leaflets of a heart valve. The clip can include an elongated member configured to be positioned between two leaflets of the heart valve. The elongated member can have a first portion and a second portion that extends from the first portion. A width of the second portion can be greater than the width of the first portion. A pair of arms can be coupled to the first portion and extend toward the second portion. The pair of arms can extend radially away from the elongated member as the pair of arms extend away from the first portion toward the second portion when the arms are in an open position. And the pair of arms can be moveable from the open position to a closed position to pinch each leaflet between one of the arms and the elongated member.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATIONInventors: Cristobal R. Hernandez, Gregory Bak-Boychuk, Emil Karapetian
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Publication number: 20230190469Abstract: This application relates to methods, systems, and apparatus for replacing native heart valves with prosthetic heart valves and treating valvular insufficiency. In a representative embodiment, a support frame configured to be implanted in a heart valve comprises a main body formed by formed by a plurality of inner members forming an inner clover and a plurality of outer members forming an outer clover. The support frame can include gaps located between inner members of the plurality of inner members and outer members of the plurality of outer members. The inner clover can be radially inside the outer clover, and the outer clover can have larger dimensions than the inner clover. The support frames herein can be radially expandable and collapsible.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Emil Karapetian, Maria Charles Vija Stanislaus, Gregory Bak-Boychuk, Christopher J. Olson, Cristobal R. Hernandez, William C. Brunnett, Netanel Benichou, Lauren R. Freschauf, Alexander J. Siegel, Stanton J. Rowe, Alison S. Curtis
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Publication number: 20230109568Abstract: This application relates to methods, systems, and apparatus for replacing native heart valves with prosthetic heart valves and treating valvular insufficiency. In some implementations, a heart valve leaflet clipping mechanism includes a delivery apparatus and clipping arms. The clipping arms are coupled to the delivery apparatus. The clipping arms are movable between an open position and a closed position. The two clipping arms are biased to the closed position. The delivery apparatus is configured to hold the clipping arms in the open position. The delivery apparatus is configured to allow the clipping arms to move to the closed position to engage native heart valve leaflet tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Emil Karapetian, Maria Charles Vija Stanislaus, Gregory Bak-Boychuk, Christopher J. Olson, Cristobal R. Hernandez, William C. Brunnett, Netanel Benichou, Lauren R. Freschauf, Alexander J. Siegel, Stanton J. Rowe, Alison S. Curtis
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Patent number: 11589988Abstract: This application relates to methods, systems, and apparatus for replacing native heart valves with prosthetic heart valves and treating valvular insufficiency. In a representative embodiment, a support frame configured to be implanted in a heart valve comprises a main body formed by formed by a plurality of inner members forming an inner clover and a plurality of outer members forming an outer clover. The support frame can include gaps located between inner members of the plurality of inner members and outer members of the plurality of outer members. The inner clover can be radially inside the outer clover, and the outer clover can have larger dimensions than the inner clover. The support frames herein can be radially expandable and collapsible.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Emil Karapetian, Maria Charles Vija Stanislaus, Gregory Bak-Boychuk, Christopher J. Olson, Cristobal R. Hernandez, William C. Brunnett, Netanel Benichou, Lauren R. Freschauf, Alexander J. Siegel, Stanton J. Rowe, Alison S. Curtis
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Publication number: 20230022499Abstract: A sensor implant device includes a shunt structure comprising a flow path conduit and a plurality of arms configured to secure the shunt structure to a tissue wall, and a pressure sensor device attached to one of the plurality of arms of the shunt structure. The pressure sensor device comprises one or more sensor elements, an antenna, control circuitry electrically coupled to the one or more sensor elements and the antenna, and a housing that houses the control circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Stanton J. Rowe, Arvin T. Chang, Joseph Arthur Passman, Scott Louis Pool, Jinny Lee, Viral Lalitmohan Gandhi, Alison S. Curtis, Gregory Bak-Boychuk, Emil Karapetian, Glen T. Rabito, Cristobal R. Hernandez
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Publication number: 20220273279Abstract: A medical implant delivery system can comprise a puncture needle, a medical implant delivery catheter and the puncture needle being configured to be slidably advanced through a puncture needle lumen of the medical implant delivery catheter, a medical implant device positioned on the medical implant delivery catheter, and an outer delivery catheter comprising a medical implant delivery lumen, the medical implant delivery catheter being configured to slidably extend through the medical implant delivery lumen. A medical implant delivery system can comprise a puncture needle, a medical implant delivery catheter and the puncture needle being configured to slidably extend through the puncture needle lumen of the medical implant delivery catheter, a medical implant device positioned on the medical implant delivery catheter, an elongate housing adjacent to the medical implant delivery catheter, and an outer sheath around a portion of the medical implant delivery catheter and the elongate housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Michael G. Valdez, Cristobal R. Hernandez, Eric Jason Noda, Hien T. Nguyen, Trizzie Trang Dang, Lilian Grace Myers, Linda Thai, Daniel James Murray, Don Huy Tran
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Patent number: 11337810Abstract: This application relates to methods, systems, and apparatus for replacing native heart valves with prosthetic heart valves and treating valvular insufficiency. In a representative embodiment, a support frame configured to be implanted in a heart valve comprises a main body formed by formed by a plurality of inner members forming an inner clover and a plurality of outer members forming an outer clover. The support frame can include gaps located between inner members of the plurality of inner members and outer members of the plurality of outer members. The inner clover can be radially inside the outer clover, and the outer clover can have larger dimensions than the inner clover. The support frames herein can be radially expandable and collapsible.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Emil Karapetian, Maria Charles Vija Stanislaus, Gregory Bak-Boychuk, Christopher J. Olson, Cristobal R. Hernandez, William C. Brunnett, Netanel Benichou, Lauren R. Freschauf, Alexander J. Siegel, Stanton J. Rowe, Alison S. Curtis
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Publication number: 20220008014Abstract: A sensor implant device includes a shunt structure comprising a flow path conduit and a plurality of arms configured to secure the shunt structure to a tissue wall, and a pressure sensor device attached to one of the plurality of arms of the shunt structure. The pressure sensor device comprises one or more sensor elements, an antenna, control circuitry electrically coupled to the one or more sensor elements and the antenna, and a housing that houses the control circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Stanton J. Rowe, Arvin T. Chang, Joseph Arthur Passman, Scott Louis Pool, Jinny Lee, Viral Lalitmohan Gandhi, Alison S. Curtis, Gregory Bak-Boychuk, Emil Karapetian, Glen T. Rabito, Cristobal R. Hernandez
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Publication number: 20200138568Abstract: This application relates to methods, systems, and apparatus for replacing native heart valves with prosthetic heart valves and treating valvular insufficiency. In a representative embodiment, a support frame configured to be implanted in a heart valve comprises a main body formed by formed by a plurality of inner members forming an inner clover and a plurality of outer members forming an outer clover. The support frame can include gaps located between inner members of the plurality of inner members and outer members of the plurality of outer members. The inner clover can be radially inside the outer clover, and the outer clover can have larger dimensions than the inner clover. The support frames herein can be radially expandable and collapsible.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Emil Karapetian, Maria Charles Vija Stanislaus, Gregory Bak-Boychuk, Christopher J. Olson, Cristobal R. Hernandez, William C. Brunnett, Netanel Benichou, Lauren R. Freschauf, Alexander J. Siegel, Stanton J. Rowe, Alison S. Curtis
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Publication number: 20200054335Abstract: Valve repair systems and clips for attachment to one or more leaflets of a heart valve. The clip can include an elongated member configured to be positioned between two leaflets of the heart valve. The elongated member can have a first portion and a second portion that extends from the first portion. A width of the second portion can be greater than the width of the first portion. A pair of arms can be coupled to the first portion and extend toward the second portion. The pair of arms can extend radially away from the elongated member as the pair of arms extend away from the first portion toward the second portion when the arms are in an open position. And the pair of arms can be moveable from the open position to a closed position to pinch each leaflet between one of the arms and the elongated member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Cristobal R. Hernandez, Gregory Bak-Boychuk, Emil Karapetian
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Patent number: 10524792Abstract: A leaflet clip has an elongated member including a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, and first and second clipping arms movable between an open position and a closed position. The clipping arms include respective proximal end portions coupled to the proximal end portion of the elongated member, and respective distal end portions extending distally and radially outward relative to the elongated member. The leaflet clip further includes a tubular member coaxially disposed about the elongated member. Axial motion of the tubular member with respect to the elongated member or axial motion of the elongated member with respect to the tubular member causes corresponding movement of the clipping arms between the open and closed positions.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Cristobal R. Hernandez, Gregory Bak-Boychuk, Emil Karapetian
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Patent number: 10517726Abstract: In one representative embodiment, an implantable prosthetic device comprises a spacer body portion configured to be disposed between native leaflets of a heart, and an anchor portion configured to secure the native leaflets against the spacer body portion, wherein the prosthetic device is movable between a compressed configuration, in which the spacer body portion is radially compressed and is axially spaced relative to the anchor portion, and an expanded configuration, in which the spacer body portion expands radially outwardly relative to the compressed configuration and overlaps at least a portion of the anchor portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Mark Chau, David M. Taylor, Alexander J. Siegel, Christopher J. Olson, Sergio Delgado, Alexander H. Cooper, Lauren R. Freschauf, Asher L. Metchik, Matthew T. Winston, Cristobal R. Hernandez, Emil Karapetian, Bao Khuu, Eric Dixon
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Patent number: 10507106Abstract: This application relates to methods, systems, and apparatus for replacing native heart valves with prosthetic heart valves and treating valvular insufficiency. In a representative embodiment, a support frame configured to be implanted in a heart valve comprises an annular main body formed by a plurality of angled struts, the main body including a plurality of peaks formed by the intersection of respective adjacent struts. The support frame further comprises one or more leaflet-engaging mechanisms configured to engage leaflets of the heart valve. The support frame can be radially expandable and collapsible.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Emil Karapetian, Maria Charles Vija Stanislaus, Gregory Bak-Boychuk, Christopher J. Olson, Cristobal R. Hernandez, William C. Brunnett, Netanel Benichou, Lauren R. Freschauf, Alexander J. Siegel
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Publication number: 20190343623Abstract: In one representative embodiment, an implantable prosthetic device comprises a spacer body portion configured to be disposed between native leaflets of a heart, and an anchor portion configured to secure the native leaflets against the spacer body portion. The prosthetic device can be movable between multiple configurations. The spacer body can be made from braided, self-expandable metallic thread. A delivery apparatus can have a first shaft and a second shaft, wherein movement of the first shaft relative to the second shaft moves the anchor portion relative to the spacer body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Mark Chau, David M. Taylor, Alexander J. Siegel, Christopher J. Olson, Sergio Delgado, Alexander H. Cooper, Lauren R. Freschauf, Asher L. Metchik, Matthew T. Winston, Cristobal R. Hernandez, Emil Karapetian, Bao Khuu, Eric Robert Dixon
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Publication number: 20190343624Abstract: In one representative embodiment, an implantable prosthetic device comprises a spacer body portion configured to be disposed between native leaflets of a heart, and an anchor portion configured to secure the native leaflets against the spacer body portion. The prosthetic device can be movable between multiple configurations. The spacer body can be configured to extend radially outwardly as the spacer body extends away from the distal end toward the proximal end. A delivery apparatus can have a first shaft and a second shaft, wherein movement of the first shaft relative to the second shaft moves the anchor portion relative to the spacer body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Mark Chau, David M. Taylor, Alexander J. Siegel, Christopher J. Olson, Sergio Delgado, Alexander H. Cooper, Lauren R. Freschauf, Asher L. Metchik, Matthew T. Winston, Cristobal R. Hernandez, Emil Karapetian, Bao Khuu, Eric Robert Dixon
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Publication number: 20190069994Abstract: This application relates to methods, systems, and apparatus for replacing native heart valves with prosthetic heart valves and treating valvular insufficiency. In a representative embodiment, a support frame configured to be implanted in a heart valve comprises a main body formed by formed by a plurality of inner members forming an inner clover and a plurality of outer members forming an outer clover. The support frame can include gaps located between inner members of the plurality of inner members and outer members of the plurality of outer members. The inner clover can be radially inside the outer clover, and the outer clover can have larger dimensions than the inner clover. The support frames herein can be radially expandable and collapsible.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Emil Karapetian, Maria Charles Vija Stanislaus, Gregory Bak-Boychuk, Christopher J. Olson, Cristobal R. Hernandez, William C. Brunnett, Netanel Benichou, Lauren R. Freschauf, Alexander J. Siegel, Stanton J. Rowe, Alison S. Curtis