Patents by Inventor Giovanni Cecere

Giovanni Cecere 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 of timing pulsatile flow of normothermic perfusate to the heart
    Patent number: 7651835
    Abstract: The invention provides, in various embodiments, systems, devices and methods relating to ex-vivo organ care. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to maintaining an organ ex-vivo at near-physiologic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: TransMedics, Inc.
    Inventors: Waleed Hassanein, Richard Bringham, Giovanni Cecere, Robert Fishman, Larry Goff, Tamer Khayal, Stanley Kyi, Burt Ochs, Scott Newell, Ronald Taylor, Hossam Algamil, Thomas Bishop, Robert Havner, Dmitri Menn
  • Systems and methods for ex-vivo organ care and for using lactate as an indication of donor organ status
    Publication number: 20070275364
    Abstract: The invention provides, in various embodiments, systems, devices and methods relating to ex-vivo organ care. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to maintaining an organ ex-vivo at near-physiologic conditions. The present application describes a method for using lactate measurement in the arterial and the venous blood lines of the Organ Care System Heart perfusion device to evaluate the: 1) The overall perfusion status of an isolated heart and 2) The metabolic status of an isolated heart and 3) the overall vascular patency of an isolated donor heart. This aspect of the present invention uses the property of myocardial cell's unique ability to produce/generate lactate when they are starved for oxygen and metabolize/utilize lactate for energy production when they are well perfused with oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Waleed Hassanein, Tamer Khayal, Ahmed Elbetanony, Paul Lezberg, Giovanni Cecere, Dennis Sousa, Elizabeth Hansen
  • Systems and methods for ex-vivo organ care
    Publication number: 20070190636
    Abstract: The invention provides, in various embodiments, systems, devices and methods relating to ex-vivo organ care. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to maintaining an organ ex-vivo at near-physiologic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: TransMedics, Inc.
    Inventors: Waleed Hassanein, Thomas Bishop, Richard Bringham, Giovanni Cecere, Robert Fishman, Larry Goff, Tamer Khayal, Stanley Kyi, Burt Ochs, Scott Newell, Ronald Taylor, Hassam Algamil, Robert Havner, Dmitri Menn
  • Systems and methods for ex-vivo organ care
    Publication number: 20060154357
    Abstract: The invention provides, in various embodiments, systems, devices and methods relating to ex-vivo organ care. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to maintaining an organ ex-vivo at near-physiologic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: TRANSMEDICS, INC.
    Inventors: Waleed Hassanein, Richard Bringham, Giovanni Cecere, Ahmed Elbetanony, Robert Fishman, Larry Goff, Tamer Khayal, Stanley Kyi, Scott Newell, Burt Ochs, Dennis Sousa, Ronald Taylor, Jonathan Rourke, Hossam Algamil, David Carpenter, Robert Havner, Dmitri Menn
  • Systems and methods for ex-vivo organ care
    Publication number: 20060154358
    Abstract: The invention provides, in various embodiments, systems, devices and methods relating to ex-vivo organ care. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to maintaining an organ ex-vivo at near-physiologic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: TransMedics, Inc.
    Inventors: Waleed Hassanein, Richard Bringham, Giovanni Cecere, Ahmed Elbetanony, Robert Fishman, Larry Goff, Tamer Khayal, Stanley Kyi, Scott Newell, Burt Ochs, Dennis Sousa, Ronald Taylor, Jonathan Rourke, Hossam Algamil, David Carpenter, Robert Havner, Dmitri Menn
  • Systems and methods for ex-vivo organ care
    Publication number: 20060148062
    Abstract: The invention provides, in various embodiments, systems, devices and methods relating to ex-vivo organ care. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to maintaining an organ ex-vivo at near-physiologic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: TransMedics, Inc.
    Inventors: Waleed Hassanein, Richard Bringham, Giovanni Cecere, Tamer Khayal, Ronald Taylor, Hoss Algamil