Patents by Inventor Francisco Valencia

Francisco Valencia 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).

  • Publication number: 20180028177
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes devices, systems, and methods for intravascularly delivering an implantable device at the mitral annulus. A delivery system includes a delivery member coupled to a handle assembly and extending distally from the handle assembly. The intravascular device is attached at the distal end of the delivery member, and is housed within a distal piece of an outer sheath. A steering catheter is nested within the outer sheath to bend the delivery member into position. A delivery catheter is configured to advance the intravascular device relative to the outer sheath, and a suture catheter includes sutures/tethers which may be coupled to the intravascular device prior to deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Randolf van Oepen, Sean A. McNiven, Francisco Valencia
  • Publication number: 20180028779
    Abstract: An intravascular device delivery system has an elongated member with a flexible hypotube. The hypotube can be rotationally keyed to a steerable catheter. The flexible hypotube includes one or more cuts to allow bending of the flexible hypotube within a first plane. The steerable catheter is steerable to bend the flexible hypotube within the first plane, and longitudinally movable relative to the flexible hypotube to allow distal movement of the steerable catheter relative to a distal end of the flexible hypotube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Randolf von Oepen, Sean A. McNiven, Francisco Valencia
  • Publication number: 20170035566
    Abstract: An intravascular device includes a shaft having a body defining a major lumen and a plurality of minor lumen. The minor lumens are spaced about the major lumen. The major lumen and the plurality of minor lumen extend from a proximal end of the body to a distal end of the body. One or more wires may extend through the major lumen and/or minor lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Ryan T. Krone, Francisco Valencia, Manish Gada
  • Publication number: 20150105804
    Abstract: The invention provides devices, systems and methods for tissue approximation and repair at treatment sites. The devices, systems and methods of the invention will find use in a variety of therapeutic procedures, including endovascular, minimally-invasive, and open surgical procedures, and can be used in various anatomical regions, including the abdomen, thorax, cardiovascular system, heart, intestinal tract, stomach, urinary tract, bladder, lung, and other organs, vessels, and tissues. The invention is particularly useful in those procedures requiring minimally-invasive or endovascular access to remote tissue locations, where the instruments utilized must negotiate long, narrow, and tortuous pathways to the treatment site. In addition, many of the devices and systems of the invention are adapted to be reversible and removable from the patient at any point without interference with or trauma to internal tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Kent DELL, Theodore KETAI, Tanmay MISHRA, Stephanie JONES, Jacob GREENBERG, Michael HONG, Daniel HALE, Francisco VALENCIA, Steven TYLER
  • Patent number: 8945177
    Abstract: The invention provides devices, systems and methods for tissue approximation and repair at treatment sites. The devices, systems and methods of the invention will find use in a variety of therapeutic procedures, including endovascular, minimally-invasive, and open surgical procedures, and can be used in various anatomical regions, including the abdomen, thorax, cardiovascular system, heart, intestinal tract, stomach, urinary tract, bladder, lung, and other organs, vessels, and tissues. The invention is particularly useful in those procedures requiring minimally-invasive or endovascular access to remote tissue locations, where the instruments utilized must negotiate long, narrow, and tortuous pathways to the treatment site. In addition, many of the devices and systems of the invention are adapted to be reversible and removable from the patient at any point without interference with or trauma to internal tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Kent Dell, Theodore Ketai, Tanmay Mishra, Stephanie Jones, Jacob Greenberg, Michael Hong, Daniel Hale, Francisco Valencia, Steven Tyler
  • Publication number: 20140207161
    Abstract: The invention provides devices, systems and methods for tissue approximation and repair at treatment sites. The devices, systems and methods of the invention will find use in a variety of therapeutic procedures, including endovascular, minimally-invasive, and open surgical procedures, and can be used in various anatomical regions, including the abdomen, thorax, cardiovascular system, heart, intestinal tract, stomach, urinary tract, bladder, lung, and other organs, vessels, and tissues. The invention is particularly useful in those procedures requiring minimally-invasive or endovascular access to remote tissue locations, where the instruments utilized must negotiate long, narrow, and tortuous pathways to the treatment site. In addition, many of the devices and systems of the invention are adapted to be reversible and removable from the patient at any point without interference with or trauma to internal tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Kent DELL, Theodore KETAI, Tanmay MISHRA, Stephanie JONES, Jacob GREENBERG, Michael HONG, Daniel HALE, Francisco VALENCIA, Steven TYLER
  • Publication number: 20130066342
    Abstract: The invention provides devices, systems and methods for tissue approximation and repair at treatment sites. The devices, systems and methods of the invention will find use in a variety of therapeutic procedures, including endovascular, minimally-invasive, and open surgical procedures, and can be used in various anatomical regions, including the abdomen, thorax, cardiovascular system, heart, intestinal tract, stomach, urinary tract, bladder, lung, and other organs, vessels, and tissues. The invention is particularly useful in those procedures requiring minimally-invasive or endovascular access to remote tissue locations, where the instruments utilized must negotiate long, narrow, and tortuous pathways to the treatment site. In addition, many of the devices and systems of the invention are adapted to be reversible and removable from the patient at any point without interference with or trauma to internal tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Kent Dell, Theodore Ketai, Tanmay Mishra, Stephanie Jones, Jacob Greenberg, Michael Hong, Daniel Hale, Francisco Valencia, Steven Tyler
  • Publication number: 20060229708
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for the endovascular repair of cardiac valves, particularly the atrioventricular valves which inhibit back flow of blood from a heart ventricle during contraction. The procedures described herein can be performed with interventional tools, guides and supporting catheters and other equipment introduced to the heart chambers from the patient's arterial or venous vasculature remote from the heart. The interventional tools and other equipment may be introduced percutaneously or may be introduced via a surgical cut down, and then advanced from the remote access site through the vasculature until they reach the heart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Ferolyn Powell, Troy Thornton, Eric Goldfarb, Jan Komtebedde, Kent Dell, Pedro Lucatero, Francisco Valencia, Murli Srinivasan, Roger Goodgion, Sandra Saenz, Sylvia Fan, Sylvester Lucatero, Yen Liao, John Madden, Jaime Sarabia