Patents by Inventor Fransisco Lopez-Jimenez

Fransisco Lopez-Jimenez 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).

  • Percutaneously implantable replacement heart valve device and method of making same
    Patent number: 9610158
    Abstract: A method of making a replacement heart valve device whereby a fragment of biocompatible tissue material is treated and soaked in one or more alcohol solutions and a solution of glutaraldehyde. The dried biocompatible tissue material is folded and rehydrated in such a way that forms a two- or three-leaflet/cusp valve without affixing of separate cusps or leaflets or cutting slits into the biocompatible tissue material to form the cusps or leaflets. After the biocompatible tissue material is folded, it is affixed at one or more points on the outer surface to the inner cavity or a stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: COLIBRI HEART VALVE LLC
    Inventors: David Paniagua, R. David Fish, Eduardo Induni, Carlos Meija, Fransisco Lopez-Jimenez
  • PERCUTANEOUSLY IMPLANTABLE REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20140005766
    Abstract: A method of making a replacement heart valve device whereby a fragment of biocompatible tissue material is treated and soaked in one or more alcohol solutions and a solution of glutaraldehyde. The dried biocompatible tissue material is folded and rehydrated in such a way that forms a two- or three-leaflet/cusp valve without affixing of separate cusps or leaflets or cutting slits into the biocompatible tissue material to form the cusps or leaflets. After the biocompatible tissue material is folded, it is affixed at one or more points on the outer surface to the inner cavity or a stent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: David Paniagua, R. David Fish, Eduardo Induni, Carlos Meija, Fransisco Lopez-Jimenez