Patents by Inventor Hassan Tehrani

Hassan Tehrani 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).

  • Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement
    Publication number: 20060271172
    Abstract: A replacement cardiac valve for placement adjacent the native annulus comprises a valve body having a multi-leaflet valve, a supporting stent surrounding and operatively coupled to the valve body, a superior O-ring and an inferior O-ring spaced from one another to span the native annulus, the O-rings surrounding the valve body and operatively coupled the valve body or the supporting stent, the valve body, the supporting stent, and the O-rings adapted for transcatheter placement using a deployment catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventor: Hassan Tehrani
  • Branched aortic arch stent graft and method of deployment
    Patent number: 6918925
    Abstract: A stent-graft device for placement in the aortic arch comprises a graft having a main body sized for insertion in the aortic arch and defining a central lumen, the graft including a left branch and a right branch attached to the main body and arranged for flow communication with the central lumen, each of the main body, the left branch and the right branch including a stent and shiftable between a narrowed undeployed configuration and an expanded deployed configuration. The left and right branches each branch include a sheath arranged to constrain the branches in the undeployed configuration, and the left and right branches are arranged to be pulled into the left or right brachiocephalic artery exclusively under tension by respective pull wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Inventor: Hassan Tehrani
  • Branched aortic arch stent graft and method of deployment
    Publication number: 20020156518
    Abstract: A stent-graft device for placement in the aortic arch comprises a graft having a main body sized for insertion in the aortic arch and defining a central lumen, the graft including a left branch and a right branch attached to the main body and arranged for flow communication with the central lumen, each of the main body, the left branch and the right branch including a stent and shiftable between a narrowed undeployed configuration and an expanded deployed configuration. The left and right branches each branch include a sheath arranged to constrain the branches in the undeployed configuration, and the left and right branches are arranged to be pulled into the left or right brachiocephalic artery exclusively under tension by respective pull wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventor: Hassan Tehrani