Patents by Inventor Diane Sheahen

Diane Sheahen 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).

  • Defect occlusion apparatus, system, and method
    Publication number: 20070060858
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for occluding a multiplicity of parallel membranes, such as found in a patent foramen ovale (PFO). Methods, apparatus, and systems include the use of a positioning device that can be seated on the limbus of the septum secundum (SS). The positioning device includes a piercing member that can pierce the SS and septum primum (SP). The positioning device also includes a fastening member that can engage the SS and SP to fasten the tissues and thereby occlude a PFO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: David Sogard, Leonard Richardson, Kent Harrison, Diane Sheahen
  • Transeptal apparatus, system, and method
    Publication number: 20070043318
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for locating a patent foramen ovale (PFO) with a positioning device that can be configured to occlude the PFO. Methods, apparatus, and systems include the use of a positioning device that can be seated on the limbus of a septum secundum (SS). The positioning device includes a piercing member that can pierce the SS and a septum primum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: David Sogard, Leonard Richardson, Kent Harrison, Diane Sheahen