Patents by Inventor Gilbert Tang

Gilbert Tang 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).

  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERCUTANEOUS VALVE ANNULOPLASTY
    Publication number: 20200253734
    Abstract: A delivery system for delivery of a radially expandable device to an implantation site in a patient, the delivery system including an elongated tubular member comprising a distal tip and an outer surface, first and second balloon portions spaced proximally from each other and the distal tip along a length of the tubular member, an annular space between the first and second balloon portions, a plurality of clip deployment tubes extendably moveable relative to the outer surface of the tubular member, and a plurality of clips, wherein each clip is moveable within a length of one of the clip deployment tubes between a retracted position and a deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Damian Jelich, Ana Menk, Jason Quill, Gilbert Tang
  • Method and device for percutaneous valve annuloplasty
    Patent number: 10716669
    Abstract: A delivery system for delivery of a radially expandable device to an implantation site in a patient, the delivery system including an elongated tubular member comprising a distal tip and an outer surface, first and second balloon portions spaced proximally from each other and the distal tip along a length of the tubular member, an annular space between the first and second balloon portions, a plurality of clip deployment tubes extendably moveable relative to the outer surface of the tubular member, and a plurality of clips, wherein each clip is moveable within a length of one of the clip deployment tubes between a retracted position and a deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Damian Jelich, Ana Menk, Jason Quill, Gilbert Tang
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERCUTANEOUS VALVE ANNULOPLASTY
    Publication number: 20170128211
    Abstract: A delivery system for delivery of a radially expandable device to an implantation site in a patient, the delivery system including an elongated tubular member comprising a distal tip and an outer surface, first and second balloon portions spaced proximally from each other and the distal tip along a length of the tubular member, an annular space between the first and second balloon portions, a plurality of clip deployment tubes extendably moveable relative to the outer surface of the tubular member, and a plurality of clips, wherein each clip is moveable within a length of one of the clip deployment tubes between a retracted position and a deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Damian Jelich, Ana Menk, Jason Quill, Gilbert Tang
  • Method and device for percutaneous valve annuloplasty
    Patent number: 9526610
    Abstract: A delivery system for delivery of a radially expandable device to an implantation site in a patient, the delivery system including an elongated tubular member comprising a distal tip and an outer surface, first and second balloon portions spaced proximally from each other and the distal tip along a length of the tubular member, an annular space between the first and second balloon portions, a plurality of clip deployment tubes extendably moveable relative to the outer surface of the tubular member, and a plurality of clips, wherein each clip is moveable within a length of one of the clip deployment tubes between a retracted position and a deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Damian Jelich, Ana Menk, Jason Quill, Gilbert Tang
  • Method and Device for Percutaneous Valve Annuloplasty
    Publication number: 20130331864
    Abstract: A delivery system for delivery of a radially expandable device to an implantation site in a patient, the delivery system including an elongated tubular member comprising a distal tip and an outer surface, first and second balloon portions spaced proximally from each other and the distal tip along a length of the tubular member, an annular space between the first and second balloon portions, a plurality of clip deployment tubes extendably moveable relative to the outer surface of the tubular member, and a plurality of clips, wherein each clip is moveable within a length of one of the clip deployment tubes between a retracted position and a deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Damian Jelich, Ana Menk, Jason Quill, Gilbert Tang