Patents by Inventor Frederick Paget Milsom
Frederick Paget Milsom 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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Patent number: 8591394Abstract: An apparatus and method for use in assisting a human heart are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an aortic compression means which may be fully implanatable, a fluid reservoir and a pump means adapted to pump a fluid from the reservoir to the aortic compression means so as to actuate the aortic compression means at least partly in counterpulsation with the patient's heart. In addition, the device is adapted to be wholly positioned within the right chest cavity of the patient. The aortic compression means of the device may be curved along its length so as to substantially replicate the curve of the ascending aorta.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Sunshine Heart Company Pty Ltd.Inventors: William Suttle Peters, Peter Crispin Lawrence Marsh, Geoffrey Hamilton White, Rolf Gunnar Unger, Frederick Paget Milsom, Hans Hansforth Henrichsen, Colin Edward Sullivan
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Publication number: 20120220816Abstract: An apparatus and method for use in assisting a human heart are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an aortic compression means which may be fully implanatable, a fluid reservoir and a pump means adapted to pump a fluid from the reservoir to the aortic compression means so as to actuate the aortic compression means at least partly in counterpulsation with the patient's heart. In addition, the device is adapted to be wholly positioned within the right chest cavity of the patient. The aortic compression means of the device may be curved along its length so as to substantially replicate the curve of the ascending aorta.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2011Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: Sunshine Heart Company PTY, LTDInventors: William Suttle Peters, Peter Crispin Lawrence Marsh, Geoffrey Hamilton White, Rolf Gunnar Unger, Frederick Paget Milsom, Hans Hansforth Henrichsen, Colin Edward Sullivan
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Patent number: 8016739Abstract: An apparatus and method for use in assisting a human heart are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an aortic compression means which may be fully implanatable, a fluid reservoir and a pump means adapted to pump a fluid from the reservoir to the aortic compression means so as to actuate the aortic compression means at least partly in counterpulsation with the patient's heart. In addition, the device is adapted to be wholly positioned within the right chest cavity of the patient. The aortic compression means of the device may be curved along its length so as to substantially replicate the curve of the ascending aorta.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2008Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Sunshine Heart Company Pty LtdInventors: William Suttle Peters, Peter Crispin Lawrence Marsh, Geoffrey Hamilton White, Rolf Gunnar Unger, Frederick Paget Milsom, Hans Hansforth Henrichsen, Colin Edward Sullivan
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Publication number: 20080139873Abstract: An apparatus and method for use in assisting a human heart are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an aortic compression means which may be fully implanatable, a fluid reservoir and a pump means adapted to pump a fluid from the reservoir to the aortic compression means so as to actuate the aortic compression means at least partly in counterpulsation with the patient's heart. In addition, the device is adapted to be wholly positioned within the right chest cavity of the patient. The aortic compression means of the device may be curved along its length so as to substantially replicate the curve of the ascending aorta.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2008Publication date: June 12, 2008Inventors: William Suttle Peters, Peter Crispin Lawrence Marsh, Geoffrey Hamilton White, Rolf Gunnar Unger, Frederick Paget Milsom, Hans Hansforth Henrichsen, Colin Edward Sullivan
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Patent number: 7357771Abstract: An apparatus and method for use in assisting a human heart are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an aortic compression means which may be fully implanatable, a fluid reservoir and a pump means adapted to pump a fluid from the reservoir to the aortic compression means so as to actuate the aortic compression means at least partly in counterpulsation with the patient's heart. In addition, the device is adapted to be wholly positioned within the right chest cavity of the patient. The aortic compression means of the device may be curved along its length so as to substantially replicate the curve of the ascending aorta.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2004Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Sunshine Heart Company Pty LimitedInventors: William Suttle Peters, Peter Crispin Lawrence Marsh, Geoffrey Hamilton White, Rolf Gunnar Unger, Frederick Paget Milsom, Hans Hansforth Henrichsen, Colin Edward Sullivan
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Patent number: 6808484Abstract: An apparatus and method for use in assisting a human heart are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an aortic compression means which may be fully implantable, a fluid reservoir and a pump means adapted to pump a fluid from the reservoir to the aortic compression means so as to actuate the aortic compression means at least partly in counterpulsation with the patient's heart. In addition, the device is adapted to be wholly positioned within the right chest cavity of the patient. The aortic compression means of the device may be curved along its length so as to substantially replicate the curve of the ascending aorta.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2001Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignee: Sunshine Heart Company Pty LtdInventors: William Suttle Peters, Peter Crispin Lawrence Marsh, Geoffrey Hamilton White, Rolf Gunnar Unger, Frederick Paget Milsom, Hans Hansforth Henrichsen, Colin Edward Sullivan
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Publication number: 20040167376Abstract: An apparatus and method for use in assisting a human heart are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an aortic compression means which may be fully implanatable, a fluid reservoir and a pump means adapted to pump a fluid from the reservoir to the aortic compression means so as to actuate the aortic compression means at least partly in counterpulsation with the patient's heart. In addition, the device is adapted to be wholly positioned within the right chest cavity of the patient. The aortic compression means of the device may be curved along its length so as to substantially replicate the curve of the ascending aorta.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2004Publication date: August 26, 2004Inventors: William Suttle Peters, Peter Crispin Lawrence Marsh, Geoffrey Hamilton White, Rolf Gunnar Unger, Frederick Paget Milsom, Hans Hansforth Henrichsen, Colin Edward Sullivan
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Patent number: 6503219Abstract: The apparatus includes a flow control conduit (2) connectable with an output portion of the heart, preferably a bypassed portion of the aorta, and includes a means of feeding heart fluid (R/O), for example blood or cardioplegia into the heart. The flow control device (1) includes in communication a variable resistance pressure control means (4) which is variably biased to a closed position to maintain on the bypassed heart region a predetermined level of pressure, to facilitate the creation of back pressure during filling of the bypassed heart region or a beat or pumping phase of the heart, and when the heart fluid pressure increases to reach a predetermined threshold, the pressure control means facilitates a release of fluid from the conduit, thus facilitating expulsion of potential emboli from the bypassed heart region, and enabling “cycling” of the heart while in a bypassed condition, prior to the bypassed region being taken off bypass.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 1999Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignee: Milsom Holdings LimitedInventor: Frederick Paget Milsom
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Publication number: 20020062058Abstract: The apparatus includes a flow control conduit (2) connectable with an output portion of the heart, preferably a bypassed portion of the aorta, and includes a means of feeding heart fluid (R/O), for example blood or cardioplegia into the heart. The flow control device (1) includes in communication a variable resistance pressure control means (4) which is variably biased to a closed position to maintain on the bypassed heart region a predetermined level of pressure, to facilitate the creation of back pressure during filling of the bypassed heart region or a beat or pumping phase of the heart, and when the heart fluid pressure increases to reach a predetermined threshold, the pressure control means facilitates a release of fluid from the conduit, thus facilitating expulsion of potential emboli from the bypassed heart region, and enabling “cycling” of the heart while in a bypassed condition, prior to the bypassed region being taken off bypass.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 1999Publication date: May 23, 2002Inventor: FREDERICK PAGET MILSOM