Patents by Inventor Eran Goldberg
Eran Goldberg 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: 20220362016Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods may be used for dilating implants utilizing dilation devices. An implant deployment system may include an inflatable body having a central body configured to press an inner surface of the implant to dilate the implant and having a profile that decreases in diameter along a length of the central body. An inflatable body may include a plurality of segments with varying expansion characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventor: Eran Goldberg
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Publication number: 20220346933Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems, devices, and methods for filtering particles that may be present in a fluidic system. A deployment system for an implant may include an elongate shaft and a filter configured to extend outward from the elongate shaft and configured to trap particles in the filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Jeong Soo Lee, Tal Reich, Eran Goldberg
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Publication number: 20220331132Abstract: The present invention relates to devices, assemblies and methods for monitoring radial expansion of a prosthetic valve during prosthetic valve implantation procedures.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Oren Cohen, Elazar Levi Schwarcz, Ofir Witzman, Eitan Atias, Noam Miller, Tomer Saar, Noa Axelrod Manela, Eran Goldberg, Tal Reich
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Patent number: 11446146Abstract: Ultrasound probe systems and methods for using an ultrasound probe to assist during treatment of conditions of the human heart are provided. The method may comprise loading a medical instrument into a guide fastened to the ultrasound probe. The ultrasound probe may be inserted into a patient by way of an incision. The distal end of the ultrasound probe may be navigated to a location adjacent to an exterior surface of the heart. A treatment site may be identified on the exterior surface of the heart based on images obtained from an ultrasound transducer disposed within a distal end of the ultrasound probe. The medical instrument may be advanced within the guide to the treatment site and the medical instrument used for treatment. After treatment, the medical instrument may be withdrawn from the treatment site.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Noa Axelrod Manela, Oren H. Wintner, Eran Goldberg, Dikla Kersh, Danny M. Garmahi, Dan Rottenberg, Boaz Manash
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Publication number: 20220287851Abstract: A valve monitoring assembly, constituted of: a prosthetic valve, constituted of a frame and leaflets positioned at least partially within the frame, that regulate blood flow through the prosthetic valve; and a monitoring apparatus constituted of: at least one sensor associated with the prosthetic valve, wherein the at least one sensor is selected from the group consisting of: flow sensor, pressure sensor, and temperature sensor; a local control circuitry; at least one communication component configured to wirelessly transmit signals; and an energy harvesting power source, configured to be secured to a patient and comprising a self-powered energy harvesting mechanism and an energy storage member, wherein the energy storage member is configured to store energy generated by the self-powered energy harvesting mechanism, and wherein the energy harvesting power source is configured to supply power to the at least one sensor, the local control circuitry and/or the at least one communication component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Eran Goldberg, Noam Nir
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Publication number: 20220287838Abstract: A delivery apparatus for implanting a prosthetic valve includes a handle, a first shaft, a plurality of actuation shafts, and a control mechanism. The first shaft has one or more lumens extending from the first end portion to the second end portion. The actuation shafts each have a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, and the actuation shafts extend through the one or more lumens of the first shaft. The control mechanism is coupled to the actuation shafts and to the handle. The control mechanism is configured such that the actuation shafts can move axially relative to each other in a first operational mode and such that the actuation shafts can be moved axially simultaneously in a second operational mode. Additionally or alternatively, the first shaft can include a plurality of helical lumens configured for receiving the actuation shafts.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Oren Cohen, Tomer Saar, Elazar Levi Schwarcz, Ofir Witzman, Eitan Atias, Noam Miller, Eran Goldberg, Yair A. Neumann
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Publication number: 20220273438Abstract: An anchoring system and related methods are provided for treatment of dilated hearts and of functional valve regurgitation, the system comprising one or more self-expandable or manually expandable anchors and associated devices for fixating a valve splint within the heart. For example, a spade-shaped assembly may be configured to be deployed in a right ventricle of the heart and to stabilize a puncturing instrument to puncture the septum. Various puncturing instruments may also be part of the anchoring system, including one or more of a flexible needle having a multiplicity of slits disposed along the length of the needle, a trocar catheter with a retractable head, and a catheter needle having a blunt introducer to protect nearby tissue within the heart during advancing a guidewire. A cutter catheter and puncture location catheter may also be part of the system and be used during treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Arie Tylis, Nikolay Gurovich, Eran Goldberg, Boaz Manash, Dan Rottenberg, Hagar Adika, Tal Regev, Dikla Kersh, Danny M. Garmahi, Hernan Altman, Amir Blumenfeld
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Publication number: 20220257367Abstract: An implantable prosthetic valve can include a frame movable between a radially compressed and a radially expanded configuration. The frame can include a first strut having a first locking feature disposed on a radially facing inner surface of the strut and a second strut having a second locking feature disposed on a radially facing outer surface of the strut. The first and second locking features can engage each other so as to allow pivoting of the first and second struts relative to one another in a first direction upon radial expansion of the frame and resist pivoting of the first and second struts relative to one another in a second direction to resist radial compression of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Yair A. Neumann, Oren Cohen, Khen Perlmutter, Eitan Atias, Noam Miller, Eran Goldberg, Anatoly Dvorsky, Tamir S. Levi, Haim Yushtein, Danny M. Garmahi, Ziv Yohanan, Michael Bukin, Noam Nir, Elena Sherman, Gideon Sagi
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Publication number: 20220257128Abstract: The present invention relates to devices and methods for measuring physiological parameters, such as flow, pressure, temperature, electric conductivity and/or visual indication of thrombus formation or deposits accumulations, prior to, during and/or after prosthetic heart valve implantation procedures.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Eran Goldberg, Tamir S. Levi, David Maimon, Oren Cohen, Martyn Rhys Thomas, Tomer Saar, Elazar Levi Schwarcz
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Publication number: 20220241465Abstract: Disclosed herein are threads of cross-linked hyaluronic acid and hydroxyapatite, the precursor compositions from which they are prepared and processes for their manufacturing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: David Dadi SEGAL, Eran GOLDBERG, Lital SHKLANOVSKY, Aviv COHEN, Liat GOLDSHAID-ZMIRI
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Publication number: 20220234306Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve has a radially expandable and collapsible annular frame, the frame having an inflow end and an outflow end and defining a longitudinal axis along a lumen of the prosthetic heart valve when it is in the expanded configuration. A leaflet structure is positioned within the frame and secured thereto. The prosthetic heart valve also has a laminate sealing member including a plurality of layers heat-bonded together to encapsulate at least a portion of the frame. The laminate sealing member extends along the longitudinal axis in an upstream direction and doubles back toward the outflow end of the frame at a fold line to form a cuff, and an edge portion of the laminate sealing member is secured to a main portion of the laminate sealing member downstream of the fold line such that the cuff forms an inflow end of the laminate sealing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Itai Pelled, Elena Sherman, Eran Goldberg, Kevin D. Rupp, Noam Nir
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Publication number: 20220233310Abstract: Expandable sheaths are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a braided layer is positioned radially outward from a first polymeric layer. The braided layer includes a plurality of filaments braided together. A second polymeric layer is positioned radially outward of the braided layer, such that the braided layer is encapsulated between the first and second polymeric layers. In some embodiments, a braided layer is adhered to a sealing layer that is impermeable to blood flow. Methods of making and using the devices disclosed herein are also disclosed, as are crimping devices that may be used in methods of making the devices disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Yair A. Neumann, Eran Goldberg, Anatoly Dvorsky
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Publication number: 20220226110Abstract: An expandable docking station includes an annular valve seat having an end, an annular outer wall comprising struts disposed around the valve seat, and links that connect the end of the annular valve seat to the annular outer wall. Each of the links extends from the struts of the annular outer wall directly toward a longitudinal axis that runs longitudinally through a center of the docking station, and to a corresponding one of a plurality of circumferentially spaced axially extending legs at least partially defining the annular valve seat. The outer wall is configured to conform to an interior shape of a blood vessel, when expanded inside the blood vessel, such that the outer wall can expand in multiple locations to conform to multiple bulges of the blood vessel and can contract in multiple locations to conform to multiple narrowed regions of the blood vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Liron Tayeb, Eran Goldberg, David Maimon, Adi Carmi, Arie Tylis, Ralph Schneider, Mohammad Jafari, Hengchu Cao, Eitan Atias
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Publication number: 20220168125Abstract: An expandable sheath is disclosed herein, which has a first polymeric layer and a braided layer positioned radially outward of the first polymeric layer. The braided layer includes a plurality of filaments braided together. The expandable sheaths further include a resilient elastic layer positioned radially outward of the braided layer. The elastic layer is configured to apply radial force to the braided layer and the first polymeric layer. The expandable sheath further includes a second polymeric layer positioned radially outward of the elastic layer and bonded to the first polymeric layer such that the braided layer and the elastic layer are encapsulated between the first and second polymeric layers. Methods of making and using the devices disclosed herein are also disclosed, as are crimping devices that may be used in methods of making the devices disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Eran Goldberg, Noa Axelrod Manela, Yair A. Neumann, Boaz Manash, David Maimon, Eyal Leiba, Ralph Schneider, Liron Tayeb
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Publication number: 20220160934Abstract: Provided herein are compositions, comprising hyaluronic acid in three different forms. The compositions are in a form of an essentially homogeneous gel with improved rheological properties enabling improved clinical performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: ALLERGAN PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: David Dadi SEGAL, Liat GOLDSHAID-ZMIRI, Lital SHKLANOVSKY, Eran GOLDBERG
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Patent number: 11331189Abstract: An anchoring system and related methods are provided for treatment of dilated hearts and of functional valve regurgitation, the system comprising one or more self-expandable or manually expandable anchors and associated devices for fixating a valve splint within the heart. For example, a spade-shaped assembly may be configured to be deployed in a right ventricle of the heart and to stabilize a puncturing instrument to puncture the septum. Various puncturing instruments may also be part of the anchoring system, including one or more of a flexible needle having a multiplicity of slits disposed along the length of the needle, a trocar catheter with a retractable head, and a catheter needle having a blunt introducer to protect nearby tissue within the heart during advancing a guidewire. A cutter catheter and puncture location catheter may also be part of the system and be used during treatment.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Arie Tylis, Nikolay Gurovich, Eran Goldberg, Boaz Manash, Dan Rottenberg, Hagar Adika, Tal Regev, Dikla Kersh, Danny M. Garmahi, Hernan Altman, Amir Blumenfeld
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Publication number: 20220110742Abstract: Various mechanically expandable prosthetic heart valves, as well as deliver apparatus, delivery assemblies, and methods for implanting such prosthetic heart valves. In one example, a prosthetic heart valve includes a mechanically expandable frame, a valve structure, and an actuator. The frame includes a plurality of struts and is movable between a radially compressed state and a radially expanded state. The valve structure includes a plurality of leaflets. The actuator is coupled to the frame and comprises an actuation lumen, a locking member, and a locking element. The actuation lumen is circumferentially spaced and axially parallel to the locking member. The actuation lumen is configured for receiving an axially movable actuation shaft that can move the frame between the radially compressed state and the radially expanded state. The locking element is rotatably coupled to the locking member and is configured to lock the frame at a desired state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Tamir S. Levi, Michael Bukin, Noam Nir, Ziv Yohanan, Elazar Levi Schwarcz, Oren Cohen, Ofir Witzman, Eitan Atias, Noam Miller, Khen Perlmutter, Boaz Manash, Eyal Leiba, Eran Goldberg
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Patent number: 11298889Abstract: An implantable prosthetic valve that is radially collapsible to a collapsed configuration and radially expandable to an expanded configuration comprises an annular frame having an inflow end and an outflow end, a leaflet structure positioned within the frame and secured thereto, and a laminate sealing member comprising an encapsulating material. The laminate sealing member has a main portion that encapsulates at least a portion of the frame and an end portion extending from the inflow end of the frame, and the end portion of the laminate sealing member is folded to form a cuff adjacent the inflow end of the frame and secured to the main portion of the laminate sealing member.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Itai Pelled, Elena Sherman, Eran Goldberg, Kevin D. Rupp, Noam Nir
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Patent number: 11291540Abstract: Docking stations for transcatheter valves are described. The docking stations can include an expandable frame, at least one sealing portion, and a valve seat. The expandable frame can be configured to conform to an interior shape of a portion of the circulatory system when expanded inside the circulatory system. The sealing portion can be configured to contact an interior surface of the circulatory system to create a seal. The valve seat can be connected to the expandable frame and can be configured to support an expandable transcatheter valve. The docking stations are adaptable to different anatomies/locations to allow implantation of a transcatheter valve in a variety of anatomies/locations.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Liron Tayeb, Eran Goldberg, David Maimon, Adi Carmi, Arie Tylis, Ofir Witzman, Ralph Schneider, Mohammad Jafari, Hengchu Cao, Eason Michael Abbott, Dustin P. Armer, Michael D. Franklin, Tomer Saar, Anatoly Dvorsky, John J. Desrosiers, Daniel James Murray, Michael G. Valdez, Assaf Bash, Amir Blumenfeld, Noa Axelrod, Eitan Atias
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Patent number: 11273062Abstract: An expandable sheath is disclosed herein, which has a first polymeric layer and a braided layer positioned radially outward of the first polymeric layer. The braided layer includes a plurality of filaments braided together. The expandable sheaths further include a resilient elastic layer positioned radially outward of the braided layer. The elastic layer is configured to apply radial force to the braided layer and the first polymeric layer. The expandable sheath further includes a second polymeric layer positioned radially outward of the elastic layer and bonded to the first polymeric layer such that the braided layer and the elastic layer are encapsulated between the first and second polymeric layers. Methods of making and using the devices disclosed herein are also disclosed, as are crimping devices that may be used in methods of making the devices disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Eran Goldberg, Noa Axelrod, Yair A. Neumann, Boaz Manash, David Maimon, Eyal Leiba, Ralph Schneider, Liron Tayeb