Patents by Inventor Gregory D. Nieminen
Gregory D. Nieminen 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: 10052205Abstract: Devices for treating mitral valve regurgitation, including a distal expandable anchor, a proximal expandable anchor, and a fixed length connecting member extending from the proximal expandable anchor to the distal expandable anchor, where at least one of the proximal and distal anchors includes first and second arm segments that extend from one end of the device toward the connecting member and the other anchor when in a collapsed delivery configuration, and where the at least one of the proximal and distal anchors that comprises the first and second arm segments has an expanded configuration in which the first and second arm segments extend radially outwardly such that the first and second arm segments extend away from one another toward the connector, and meet one another at a location axially spaced from the end of the device.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Mark L. Mathis, Gregory D. Nieminen, David G. Reuter
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Patent number: 9956076Abstract: Devices for treating mitral valve regurgitation, including a distal expandable anchor, a proximal expandable anchor, and a fixed length connecting member extending from the proximal expandable anchor to the distal expandable anchor, where at least one of the proximal and distal anchors includes first and second arm segments that extend from one end of the device toward the connecting member and the other anchor when in a collapsed delivery configuration, and where the at least one of the proximal and distal anchors that comprises the first and second arm segments has an expanded configuration in which the first and second arm segments extend radially outwardly such that the first and second arm segments extend away from one another toward the connector, and meet one another at a location axially spaced from the end of the device.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Mark L. Mathis, Gregory D. Nieminen, David G. Reuter
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Patent number: 9956077Abstract: Tissue shaping devices adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart. The devices include a first anchor and a second anchor adapted to be deployed by a catheter to engage a vessel wall while the first anchor is adapted to resist the compression of a first part of the first anchor and resist the expansion of a second part of the first anchor in response to a compressive force on the first part.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Gregory D. Nieminen, Carly A. Thaler
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Patent number: 9827100Abstract: Devices for treating mitral valve regurgitation, including a distal expandable anchor, a proximal expandable anchor, and a fixed length connecting member extending from the proximal expandable anchor to the distal expandable anchor, where at least one of the proximal and distal anchors includes first and second arm segments that extend from one end of the device toward the connecting member and the other anchor when in a collapsed delivery configuration, and where the at least one of the proximal and distal anchors that comprises the first and second arm segments has an expanded configuration in which the first and second arm segments extend radially outwardly such that the first and second arm segments extend away from one another toward the connector, and meet one another at a location axially spaced from the end of the device.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Mark L. Mathis, Gregory D. Nieminen, David G. Reuter
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Patent number: 9827099Abstract: Devices for treating mitral valve regurgitation, including a distal expandable anchor, a proximal expandable anchor, and a fixed length connecting member extending from the proximal expandable anchor to the distal expandable anchor, where at least one of the proximal and distal anchors includes first and second arm segments that extend from one end of the device toward the connecting member and the other anchor when in a collapsed delivery configuration, and where the at least one of the proximal and distal anchors that comprises the first and second arm segments has an expanded configuration in which the first and second arm segments extend radially outwardly such that the first and second arm segments extend away from one another toward the connector, and meet one another at a location axially spaced from the end of the device.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Mark L. Mathis, Gregory D. Nieminen, David G. Reuter
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Patent number: 9827098Abstract: Methods of treating mitral valve regurgitation, including causing a distal expandable anchor to self-expand within a coronary sinus, anchoring the distal expandable anchor against movement in the coronary sinus, changing the geometry of a mitral valve annulus, causing a proximal expandable anchor to self-expand within the coronary sinus, anchoring the proximal expandable anchor against movement within the coronary sinus, and withdrawing the delivery system from the coronary sinus.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Mark L. Mathis, Gregory D. Nieminen, David G. Reuter
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Publication number: 20170296341Abstract: The present invention relates to a tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart. The device comprises a first anchor and a second anchor adapted to be deployed by a catheter to engage a vessel wall while the first anchor is adapted to resist the compression of a first part of the first anchor and resist the expansion of a second part of the first anchor in response to a compressive force on the first part.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Gregory D. NIEMINEN, Carly A. THALER
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Publication number: 20170079796Abstract: The present invention relates to a tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart. The device comprises a first anchor and a second anchor adapted to be deployed by a catheter to engage a vessel wall while the first anchor is adapted to resist the compression of a first part of the first anchor and resist the expansion of a second part of the first anchor in response to a compressive force on the first part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventors: Gregory D. NIEMINEN, Carly A. THALER
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Publication number: 20160374807Abstract: Devices for treating mitral valve regurgitation, including a distal expandable anchor, a proximal expandable anchor, and a fixed length connecting member extending from the proximal expandable anchor to the distal expandable anchor, where at least one of the proximal and distal anchors includes first and second arm segments that extend from one end of the device toward the connecting member and the other anchor when in a collapsed delivery configuration, and where the at least one of the proximal and distal anchors that comprises the first and second arm segments has an expanded configuration in which the first and second arm segments extend radially outwardly such that the first and second arm segments extend away from one another toward the connector, and meet one another at a location axially spaced from the end of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Mark L. MATHIS, Gregory D. NIEMINEN, David G. REUTER
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Publication number: 20160374808Abstract: Devices for treating mitral valve regurgitation, including a distal expandable anchor, a proximal expandable anchor, and a fixed length connecting member extending from the proximal expandable anchor to the distal expandable anchor, where at least one of the proximal and distal anchors includes first and second arm segments that extend from one end of the device toward the connecting member and the other anchor when in a collapsed delivery configuration, and where the at least one of the proximal and distal anchors that comprises the first and second arm segments has an expanded configuration in which the first and second arm segments extend radially outwardly such that the first and second arm segments extend away from one another toward the connector, and meet one another at a location axially spaced from the end of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Mark L. MATHIS, Gregory D. NIEMINEN, David G. REUTER
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Publication number: 20160374806Abstract: Devices for treating mitral valve regurgitation, including a distal expandable anchor, a proximal expandable anchor, and a fixed length connecting member extending from the proximal expandable anchor to the distal expandable anchor, where at least one of the proximal and distal anchors includes first and second arm segments that extend from one end of the device toward the connecting member and the other anchor when in a collapsed delivery configuration, and where the at least one of the proximal and distal anchors that comprises the first and second arm segments has an expanded configuration in which the first and second arm segments extend radially outwardly such that the first and second arm segments extend away from one another toward the connector, and meet one another at a location axially spaced from the end of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Mark L. MATHIS, Gregory D. NIEMINEN, David G. REUTER
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Publication number: 20160338832Abstract: Methods of treating mitral valve regurgitation, including causing a distal expandable anchor to self-expand within a coronary sinus, anchoring the distal expandable anchor against movement in the coronary sinus, changing the geometry of a mitral valve annulus, causing a proximal expandable anchor to self-expand within the coronary sinus, anchoring the proximal expandable anchor against movement within the coronary sinus, and withdrawing the delivery system from the coronary sinus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventors: Mark L. MATHIS, Gregory D. NIEMINEN, David G. REUTER
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Publication number: 20160338833Abstract: Devices for treating mitral valve regurgitation, including a distal expandable anchor, a proximal expandable anchor, and a fixed length connecting member extending from the proximal expandable anchor to the distal expandable anchor, where at least one of the proximal and distal anchors includes first and second arm segments that extend from one end of the device toward the connecting member and the other anchor when in a collapsed delivery configuration, and where the at least one of the proximal and distal anchors that comprises the first and second arm segments has an expanded configuration in which the first and second arm segments extend radially outwardly such that the first and second arm segments extend away from one another toward the connector, and meet one another at a location axially spaced from the end of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventors: Mark L. MATHIS, Gregory D. NIEMINEN, David G. REUTER
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Patent number: 9408695Abstract: A device affects the mitral valve annulus geometry of a heart. The device includes a first anchor configured to be positioned within and anchored to the coronary sinus of the heart adjacent the mitral valve annulus within the heart and a second anchor configured to be positioned within the coronary sinus of the heart proximal to the first anchor and adjacent the mitral valve annulus within the heart. The second anchor, when deployed, anchors against distal movement and is moveable in a proximal direction. The device further includes a connecting member having a fixed length permanently attached to the first and second anchors. As a result, when the first and second anchors are within the coronary sinus with the first anchor anchored in the coronary sinus, the second anchor may be displaced proximally to affect the geometry of the mitral valve annulus and released to maintain the effect on the mitral valve geometry.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: CARDIAC DIMENSIONS PTY. LTD.Inventors: Mark L. Mathis, Gregory D. Nieminen, David G. Reuter
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Patent number: 7503931Abstract: An assembly for effecting the condition of a mitral valve annulus includes a mitral valve therapy device, a coupling structure carried by the device, a catheter, a second coupling structure, and a locking member. To implant the device, the device is first releasably locked to a pushing member by the coupling structures and the locking member. When the device is positioned within the coronary sinus adjacent the mitral valve annulus and deployed, the coupling structures may be released from each other by the release of the locking member.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2005Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions, Inc.Inventors: Leonard Kowalsky, Gregory D. Nieminen, Ryan H. Braxtan, Mark L. Mathis
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Publication number: 20080140191Abstract: A device affects the mitral valve annulus geometry of a heart. The device includes a first anchor configured to be positioned within and anchored to the coronary sinus of the heart adjacent the mitral valve annulus within the heart and a second anchor configured to be positioned within the coronary sinus of the heart proximal to the first anchor and adjacent the mitral valve annulus within the heart. The second anchor, when deployed, anchors against distal movement and is moveable in a proximal direction. The device further includes a connecting member having a fixed length permanently attached to the first and second anchors. As a result, when the first and second anchors are within the coronary sinus with the first anchor anchored in the coronary sinus, the second anchor may be displaced proximally to affect the geometry of the mitral valve annulus and released to maintain the effect on the mitral valve geometry.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2008Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: Cardiac Dimensions, Inc.Inventors: Mark L. Mathis, Gregory D. Nieminen, David G. Reuter
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Patent number: 6976995Abstract: A device effects the mitral valve annulus geometry of a heart. The device includes first and second anchors configured to be positioned within the coronary sinus of the heart adjacent the mitral valve annulus of the heart and a fixed length connecting member permanently attached to the first and second anchors. With the first anchor anchored in the coronary sinus, the second anchor may be displaced proximally to effect the geometry of the mitral valve annulus and released to maintain the effect on the mitral valve geometry.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2002Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions, Inc.Inventors: Mark L. Mathis, Gregory D. Nieminen, David G. Reuter
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Patent number: 6964683Abstract: An assembly for effecting the condition of a mitral valve annulus includes a mitral valve therapy device, a coupling structure carried by the device, a catheter, a second coupling structure, and a locking member. To implant the device, the device is first releasably locked to a pushing member by the coupling structures and the locking member. When the device is positioned within the coronary sinus adjacent the mitral valve annulus and deployed, the coupling structures may be released from each other by the release of the locking member.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2004Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions, Inc.Inventors: Leonard Kowalsky, Gregory D. Nieminen, Ryan H. Braxtan, Mark L. Mathis
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Patent number: 6960229Abstract: An intravascular support device includes a support or reshaper wire, a proximal anchor and a distal anchor. The support wire engages a vessel wall to change the shape of tissue adjacent the vessel in which the intravascular support is placed. The anchors and support wire are designed such that the vessel in which the support is placed remains open and can be accessed by other devices if necessary. The device provides a minimal metal surface area to blood flowing within the vessel to limit the creation of thrombosis. The anchors can be locked in place to secure the support within the vessel.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2003Date of Patent: November 1, 2005Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions, Inc.Inventors: Mark L. Mathis, Gregory D. Nieminen, David G. Reuter
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Publication number: 20040243228Abstract: An assembly for effecting the condition of a mitral valve annulus includes a mitral valve therapy device, a coupling structure carried by the device, a catheter, a second coupling structure, and a locking member. To implant the device, the device is first releasably locked to a pushing member by the coupling structures and the locking member. When the device is positioned within the coronary sinus adjacent the mitral valve annulus and deployed, the coupling structures may be released from each other by the release of the locking member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2004Publication date: December 2, 2004Inventors: Leonard Kowalsky, Gregory D. Nieminen, Ryan H. Braxtan, Mark L. Mathis