Patents by Inventor Hernan Altman
Hernan Altman 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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Publication number: 20240115786Abstract: A fluid extraction implantable system shaped and sized to be implanted in a patient, including: a fluid extraction chamber having a flat and thin shape connected to a draining tube and including at least one external flat surface, wherein the at least one external flat surface is configured to be attached to a tissue surface when a negative pressure is applied on the draining tube, wherein the chamber extracts fluids from the tissue by applying the negative pressure through the flat surface on the attached tissue surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Paragate Medical Ltd.Inventors: Nitai HANANI, Hadar GILBOA, Hernan ALTMAN
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Publication number: 20240099844Abstract: A delivery apparatus for a medical device can include a handle, a shaft, a plurality of sleeves, and a suture. The shaft includes a proximal end portion coupled to the handle and is configured to be disposed outside of a patient's body during an implantation procedure and a distal end portion configured to be disposed inside a patient's body during the implantation procedure. Each of the sleeves includes a connection portion coupled to the distal end portion of the shaft and a receiving portion configured to receive an apex of a stent or a prosthetic heart valve. The suture extends through the shaft and the sleeves and is configured for releasably securing the stent or the prosthetic heart valve to the receiving portions of the sleeves.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Arvin T. Chang, Yair A. Neumann, Gil Senesh, Hernan Altman, Scott Louis Pool, Hannah Gibson, Amanda Kristine Anderson White, Peter Phong Tran, Ly Th Phan
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Patent number: 11883294Abstract: An anchoring system and related methods are provided for treatment of dilated hearts and of functional valve regurgitation, the system comprising one or more self-expandable or manually expandable anchors and associated devices for fixating a valve splint within the heart. For example, a spade-shaped assembly may be configured to be deployed in a right ventricle of the heart and to stabilize a puncturing instrument to puncture the septum. Various puncturing instruments may also be part of the anchoring system, including one or more of a flexible needle having a multiplicity of slits disposed along the length of the needle, a trocar catheter with a retractable head, and a catheter needle having a blunt introducer to protect nearby tissue within the heart during advancing a guidewire. A cutter catheter and puncture location catheter may also be part of the system and be used during treatment.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATIONInventors: Arie Tylis, Nikolai Gurovich, Eran Goldberg, Boaz Manash, Dan Rottenberg, Hagar Adika, Tal Regev, Dikla Kersh, Danny M. Garmahi, Hernan Altman, Amir Blumenfeld
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Publication number: 20240024097Abstract: A delivery apparatus for a medical device implant can include an outer catheter and a flexible delivery catheter. The outer catheter can have an axially extending shaft and a first lumen extending co-axially through the axially extending shaft. The flexible delivery catheter can have an elongate shaft having a flexible section extending along a distal portion of the elongate shaft, and the flexible section of the elongate shaft can be positioned or adjusted between a first, delivery configuration and a second, activated configuration. The delivery catheter can have a pull wire extending co-axially through a second lumen axially extending through the elongate shaft. A distal end of the pull wire can be fixedly secured or attached to the distal end of the elongate shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: David Maimon, Hernan Altman
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Patent number: 11844891Abstract: A fluid extraction implantable system shaped and sized to be implanted in a patient, including: a fluid extraction chamber having a flat and thin shape connected to a draining tube and including at least one external flat surface, wherein the at least one external flat surface is configured to be attached to a tissue surface when a negative pressure is applied on the draining tube, wherein the chamber extracts fluids from the tissue by applying the negative pressure through the flat surface on the attached tissue surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Paragate Medical Ltd.Inventors: Nitai Hanani, Hadar Gilboa, Hernan Altman
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Publication number: 20230389988Abstract: Techniques and a laser system for modulating laser pulses are provided. The laser pulses can be modulated to cause a gaseous pathway formed when the laser pulses are emitted into a liquid medium to collapse within a specified distance. The instantaneous power of the laser pulses can be modulated in an opposite phase from the growth of vapor bubbles forming the gaseous pathway.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: Lumenis Ltd.Inventor: Hernan Altman
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Patent number: 11801138Abstract: A method for delivering a prosthetic valve to a native annulus of a heart can include inserting a delivery apparatus into a patient's body, advancing the delivery apparatus to an implantation location within the native annulus, retracting a delivery sheath of the delivery apparatus relative to the prosthetic valve to expose the prosthetic valve from a distal end of the delivery sheath, and after the prosthetic valve is exposed from the delivery sheath, expanding the prosthetic valve from a radially compressed state to a radially expanded state by reducing axial tension on a first end and a second end of the prosthetic valve.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATIONInventors: Arvin T. Chang, Yair A. Neumann, Gil Senesh, Hernan Altman, Scott Louis Pool, Hannah Gibson, Amanda Kristine Anderson White, Peter Phong Tran, Ly Th Phan
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Patent number: 11786364Abstract: A delivery apparatus for a medical device implant can include an outer catheter and a flexible delivery catheter. The outer catheter can have an axially extending shaft and a first lumen extending co-axially through the axially extending shaft. The flexible delivery catheter can have an elongate shaft having a flexible section extending along a distal portion of the elongate shaft, and the flexible section of the elongate shaft can be positioned or adjusted between a first, delivery configuration and a second, activated configuration. The delivery catheter can have a pull wire extending co-axially through a second lumen axially extending through the elongate shaft. A distal end of the pull wire can be fixedly secured or attached to the distal end of the elongate shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATIONInventors: David Maimon, Hernan Altman
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Publication number: 20230285141Abstract: A docking device for docking a prosthetic valve at a native valve of a heart includes a coiled body and a high friction sleeve. The coiled body has an upper region, a central region, and a lower region. The docking device is configured to be implanted at the native valve with the upper region positioned in a first chamber of the heart, the lower region positioned in a second chamber of the heart, and the central region positioned to extend around a plurality of leaflets of the native valve. A high friction sleeve covers at least a portion of the central region. The high friction sleeve comprises a material configured to generate more friction between the prosthetic valve and the docking device than an exterior surface of the coiled body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Darshin S. Patel, Hernan Altman, Boaz Manash, Tamir S. Levi, Dinesh L. Sirimanne
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Patent number: 11690708Abstract: Methods of implanting docking devices for prosthetic valves at a native heart valve include positioning a distal end of a delivery catheter into a first chamber of a heart, advancing a tubular body of a docking device from within the delivery catheter so that the distal end of the tubular body is advanced between native valve leaflets and positioned in a second chamber of the heart. The methods further include inserting a coil into a lumen of the docking device so that the tubular body adopts a configuration, releasing a proximal end of the docking device in the first chamber, inserting a replacement valve in an inner space of the docking device, and radially expanding the replacement valve until there is a retention force between the replacement valve and the docking device to hold the replacement valve in a stable position in the native valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATIONInventors: Darshin S. Patel, Hernan Altman, Boaz Manash, Tamir S. Levi, Dinesh L. Sirimanne
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Publication number: 20230165721Abstract: A system for the treatment of the dry eye syndrome that is based on a light source. The system includes a disposable tip, to treat an eyelid. A corneal shield is used to protect the patient's eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: May KLEINMAN BEN TSVI, Yosef BIRMAN, Hernan Altman
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Patent number: 11540949Abstract: A system for the treatment of the dry eye syndrome that is based on a light source. The system includes a disposable tip, to treat an eyelid. A corneal shield is used to protect the patient's eye.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: LUMENIS BE LTD.Inventors: May Kleinman Ben Tsvi, Yosef Birman, Hernan Altman
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Publication number: 20220280799Abstract: A disposable/removable tip attachable on a distal end of a fiber bundle, allowing transmitting light energy from the fiber bundle to an eyelid and comprising a contact surface made of bio-compatible material, which allows to contact the eyelid and in addition an add-on device, comprising a fiber bundle, having a distal and proximal end, wherein a disposable/removable tip is attachable to the distal end, while the proximal end is connected to an optical coupler, designed for optical and/or energy coupling with a lightguide of a Meibomian gland expression (MGX) treatment device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventor: Hernan Altman
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Publication number: 20220273438Abstract: An anchoring system and related methods are provided for treatment of dilated hearts and of functional valve regurgitation, the system comprising one or more self-expandable or manually expandable anchors and associated devices for fixating a valve splint within the heart. For example, a spade-shaped assembly may be configured to be deployed in a right ventricle of the heart and to stabilize a puncturing instrument to puncture the septum. Various puncturing instruments may also be part of the anchoring system, including one or more of a flexible needle having a multiplicity of slits disposed along the length of the needle, a trocar catheter with a retractable head, and a catheter needle having a blunt introducer to protect nearby tissue within the heart during advancing a guidewire. A cutter catheter and puncture location catheter may also be part of the system and be used during treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Arie Tylis, Nikolay Gurovich, Eran Goldberg, Boaz Manash, Dan Rottenberg, Hagar Adika, Tal Regev, Dikla Kersh, Danny M. Garmahi, Hernan Altman, Amir Blumenfeld
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Publication number: 20220166178Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the field of laser based medical devices. Particularly, but not exclusively, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for enhancing laser beam efficacy in a liquid medium. In many embodiments, laser pulses are modulated based on bubble dynamics to improve energy delivery to a target. A variety of exemplary pulse modulation scheme are described including modulating pulse power down during expansion of an index bubble and modulating pulse power up during collapse of the index bubble.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventor: Hernan Altman
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Patent number: 11331189Abstract: An anchoring system and related methods are provided for treatment of dilated hearts and of functional valve regurgitation, the system comprising one or more self-expandable or manually expandable anchors and associated devices for fixating a valve splint within the heart. For example, a spade-shaped assembly may be configured to be deployed in a right ventricle of the heart and to stabilize a puncturing instrument to puncture the septum. Various puncturing instruments may also be part of the anchoring system, including one or more of a flexible needle having a multiplicity of slits disposed along the length of the needle, a trocar catheter with a retractable head, and a catheter needle having a blunt introducer to protect nearby tissue within the heart during advancing a guidewire. A cutter catheter and puncture location catheter may also be part of the system and be used during treatment.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Arie Tylis, Nikolay Gurovich, Eran Goldberg, Boaz Manash, Dan Rottenberg, Hagar Adika, Tal Regev, Dikla Kersh, Danny M. Garmahi, Hernan Altman, Amir Blumenfeld
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Publication number: 20220118281Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a device for treating eyelids or other body regions of a subject. The device includes a fiber bundle having a distal end and a proximal end. The proximal end is connectable to an optical coupler designed for optical coupling with a light source. The device further includes a rigid tube, housing at least a portion of the distal end of the fiber bundle and a cover member mounted around a portion of the rigid tube. The cover member is rotatable relative to the rigid tube during treatment of the eyelids of the subject. The rotation of the cover member relative to the rigid tube allows the device to be operated in different orientations as may be required during the treatment of eyelids.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Hernan Altman, Joseph Birman
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Patent number: 11285334Abstract: A disposable/removable tip attachable on a distal end of a fiber bundle, allowing transmitting light energy from the fiber bundle to an eyelid and comprising a contact surface made of bio-compatible material, which allows to contact the eyelid and in addition an add-on device, comprising a fiber bundle, having a distal and proximal end, wherein a disposable/removable tip is attachable to the distal end, while the proximal end is connected to an optical coupler, designed for optical and/or energy coupling with a lightguide of a Meibomian gland expression (MGX) treatment device.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: LUMENIS BE LTD.Inventor: Hernan Altman
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Publication number: 20220079811Abstract: A system for the treatment of the dry eye syndrome that is based on a light source. The system includes a disposable tip, to treat an eyelid. A corneal shield is used to protect the patient's eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: May KLEINMAN BEN TSVI, Yosef BIRMAN, Hernan Altman
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Patent number: D982180Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: LUMENIS BE LTD.Inventors: Hernan Altman, Joseph Birman