Patents by Inventor Dominique Filloux

Dominique Filloux 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).

  • Methods and apparatus to achieve a closure of a layered tissue defect
    Publication number: 20060271030
    Abstract: Methods for treating anatomic tissue defects such as a patent foramen ovate generally involve positioning a distal end of a catheter device at the site of the defect, exposing a housing and energy transmission member from the distal end of the catheter, engaging the housing with tissues at the site of the defect, applying suction or other approximating tool to the tissue via the housing to bring the tissue together, and applying energy to the tissue with the energy transmission member or to deliver a clip or fixation device to substantially close the defect. Apparatus generally include a catheter body, a housing extending from a distal end of the catheter body for engaging tissue at the site of the defect, and further adapted to house a fusing or fixation device such as an energy transmission member adjacent a distal end of the housing, or a clip or fixation delivery element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: Cierra, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Francis, Jose Alejandro, Erik Engelson, Dominique Filloux, Kenneth Horne, Lucia Kim, Uday Kumar, Doug Sutton, Miriam Taimisto, Andy Uchida
  • Methods and electrode apparatus to achieve a closure of a layered tissue defect
    Publication number: 20060271040
    Abstract: Methods for treating anatomic tissue defects such as a patent foramen ovale generally involve positioning a distal end of a catheter device at the site of the defect, exposing a housing and energy transmission member from the distal end of the catheter, engaging the housing with tissues at the site of the defect, applying suction or other approximating tool to the tissue via the housing to bring the tissue together, and applying energy to the tissue with the energy transmission member or to deliver a clip or fixation device to substantially close the defect. Apparatus generally include a catheter body, a housing extending from a distal end of the catheter body for engaging tissue at the site of the defect, and further adapted to house a fusing or fixation device such as an energy transmission member adjacent a distal end of the housing, or a clip or fixation delivery element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: Cierra, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Horne, Jose Alejandro, Erik Engelson, Dominique Filloux, Dan Francis, Lucia Kim, Uday Kumar, Doug Sutton, Miriam Taimisto, Andy Uchida
  • Methods and apparatus to achieve a closure of a layered tissue defect
    Publication number: 20060271089
    Abstract: Methods for treating anatomic tissue defects such as a patent foramen ovale generally involve positioning a distal end of a catheter device at the site of the defect, exposing a housing and energy transmission member from the distal end of the catheter, engaging the housing with tissues at the site of the defect, applying suction or other approximating tool to the tissue via the housing to bring the tissue together, and applying energy to the tissue with the energy transmission member or to deliver a clip or fixation device to substantially close the defect. Apparatus generally include a catheter body, a housing extending from a distal end of the catheter body for engaging tissue at the site of the defect, and further adapted to house a fusing or fixation device such as an energy transmission member adjacent a distal end of the housing, or a clip or fixation delivery element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: Cierra, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Alejandro, Erik Engelson, Dominique Filloux, Dan Francis, Kenneth Horne, Lucia Kim, Uday Kumar, Doug Sutton, Miriam Taimisto, Andy Uchida