Patents by Inventor Ib Joergensen
Ib Joergensen 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: 8709074Abstract: A device for treatment of mitral annulus dilation is disclosed, wherein the device comprises two states. In a first of these states the device is insertable into the coronary sinus and has a shape of the coronary sinus. When positioned in the coronary sinus, the device is transferable to the second state assuming a reduced radius of curvature, whereby the radius of curvature of the coronary sinus and the radius of curvature as well as the circumference of the mitral annulus is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences AGInventors: Jan Otto Solem, Per-Ola Kimblad, Randolf von Oepen, Bodo Quint, Gerd Seibold, Kenneth J. Michlitsch, Suk-Woo Ha, Karl-Ludwig Eckert, Ib Joergensen, Stevan Nielsen
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Publication number: 20120165924Abstract: A device for treatment of mitral annulus dilation is disclosed, wherein the device comprises two states. In a first of these states the device is insertable into the coronary sinus and has a shape of the coronary sinus. When positioned in the coronary sinus, the device is transferable to the second state assuming a reduced radius of curvature, whereby the radius of curvature of the coronary sinus and the radius of curvature as well as the circumference of the mitral annulus is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences AGInventors: Jan Otto Solem, Per-Ola Kimblad, Randolf von Oepen, Bodo Quint, Gerd Seibold, Kenneth J. Michlitsch, Suk-Woo Ha, Karl-Ludwig Eckert, Ib Joergensen, Stevan Nielsen
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Patent number: 8109984Abstract: A device for treatment of mitral annulus dilation is disclosed, wherein the device comprises two states. In a first of these states the device is insertable into the coronary sinus and has a shape of the coronary sinus. When positioned in the coronary sinus, the device is transferable to the second state assuming a reduced radius of curvature, whereby the radius of curvature of the coronary sinus and the radius of curvature as well as the circumference of the mitral annulus is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2006Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences AGInventors: Jan Otto Solem, Per-Ola Kimblad, Randolf von Oepen, Bodo Quint, Gerd Seibold, Kenneth J. Michlitsch, Suk-Woo Ha, Karl-Ludwig Eckert, Ib Joergensen, Stevan Nielsen
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Patent number: 8100856Abstract: The invention discloses a balloon catheter comprising a catheter shaft, at the distal end of which an inflatable balloon is arranged and at the proximal end of which a connecting piece is arranged, comprising a guiding wire which can be passed through a guiding wire lumen of the catheter shaft from the proximal end to the distal end and through the balloon and an inflation or deflation lumen extending from the proximal end of the catheter shaft to the balloon, wherein a portion of the catheter shaft having a selectable length and extending from the proximal end is provided with a metal reinforcing pipe.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2003Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises LimitedInventors: Ib Joergensen, Andrew Jeffrey, Suk-Woo Ha
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Patent number: 8075616Abstract: A device for reshaping a cardiac valve (26), which is elongate and has such dimensions as to be insertable into a cardiac vessel (24). The device has two states, in a first state (K) of which the device has a shape that is adaptable to the shape of the vessel (24), and to the second state (k?) of which the device is transferable from said first state (K). Further, the device comprises a fixing means (22,23;22a,23a) for fixing the ends of the device within the vessel (24), when the device is first positioned therein, a shape-changing member (20;20a) for transferring the device to the second state (K?) by reshaping it, and a delay means (21;21a) for delaying said reshaping until the fixing of the ends of the device has been reinforced by keeping said device in said first state (K) until the delay means (21;21a) is resorbed.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences AGInventors: Jan Otto Solem, Per Ola Kimblad, Randolf von Oepen, Bodo Quint, Gerd Seibold, Kenneth J. Michlitsch, Suk-Woo Ha, Karl-Ludwig Eckert, Ib Joergensen, Stevan Nielsen
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Publication number: 20110172696Abstract: The present invention relates to a catheter having a soft distal tip that can be manufactured at lower cost than catheters in the prior art. In one embodiment, the catheter is produced by coupling a soft sleeve to the distal end of a catheter tube. The sleeve may affixed to the catheter tube under temperature and pressure conditions that cause the proximal end of the sleeve to taper against the outer surface of the catheter tube, avoiding or minimizing discontinuities in the insertion profile of the catheter, and that also cause the inner wall of the sleeve to taper against the distal end of the catheter tube, avoiding or minimizing discontinuities in the lumen of the catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES VASCULAR ENTERPRISES LIMITEDInventors: Andrew Jeffrey, Louise Corcoran, Lorcan Coffey, Arik Zucker, Kay Unzicker, Zdravkica Dzakula, Ib Joergensen, Randolf von Oepen
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Patent number: 7862541Abstract: The present invention relates to a catheter having a soft distal tip that can be manufactured at lower cost than catheters in the prior art. In one embodiment, the catheter is produced by coupling a soft sleeve to the distal end of a catheter tube. The sleeve may affixed to the catheter tube under temperature and pressure conditions that cause the proximal end of the sleeve to taper against the outer surface of the catheter tube, avoiding or minimizing discontinuities in the insertion profile of the catheter, and that also cause the inner wall of the sleeve to taper against the distal end of the catheter tube, avoiding or minimizing discontinuities in the lumen of the catheter.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2007Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises LimitedInventors: Andrew Jeffrey, Louise Balfe, Lorcan Coffey, Arik Zucker, Kay Unzicker, Zdravkica Dzakula, Ib Joergensen, Randolf von Oepen
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Patent number: 7815627Abstract: The invention includes a catheter having an elongate main body having a proximal section and a distal section. The elongate main body further includes a plurality of stiffening members disposed along the length of the elongate main body. At least one stiffening member includes a plurality of clusters including helical turns or rotations disposed circumferentially about a tubular member and along the length of the cluster. The clusters can be configured to vary flexibility along the length of the tubular member. The catheter can include a sheath having a stationary section and a retractable section.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2006Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Abbott LaboratoriesInventors: Randolf Von Oepen, Axel Grandt, Lorcan Coffey, Louise Balfe, Andrew Jeffrey, Ib Joergensen, Bodo Quint
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Publication number: 20100016877Abstract: A tissue cutting device is disclosed, which is structured and arranged to be inserted through the vascular system into a body vessel adjacent to the heart and/or into the heart, and to be subsequently subjected to a change of shape in order to penetrate into the heart tissue. The device comprises at least one connection element that is arranged such that a connection formed from said connection element between a first and second part of said tissue cutting device is configured to break when said connection element is subjected to a specific external influence. The tissue cutting device may thus be used for controllably treating disorders to the heart rhythm regulation system. A kit of devices provides a plurality of devices for creating a lesion pattern for treating such disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2006Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: Syntach AGInventors: Jan Otto Solem, Stevan Nielsen, Ib Joergensen, Gerd Seibold, Bodo Quint
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Publication number: 20090209988Abstract: A patient-configured tissue cutting device is disclosed, which is structured and arranged to be inserted through the vascular system into a body vessel adjacent to the heart and/or into the heart, and to be subsequently subjected to a change of shape in order to penetrate into the heart tissue. The patient configured tissue cutting device may thus advantageously be used for treating disorders to the heart rhythm regulation system of a specific patient. A kit of devices provides a plurality of devices for creating a lesion pattern for treating such disorders, a device, system, and method for determining the shape of said vessel, are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2006Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: Syntach AGInventors: Jan Otto Solem, Stevan Nielsen, Ib Joergensen, Gerd Seibold, Bodo Quint
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Publication number: 20090182418Abstract: A device for treatment of mitral annulus dilation is disclosed, wherein the device comprises two states. In a first of these states the device is insertable into the coronary sinus and has a shape of the coronary sinus. When positioned in the coronary sinus, the device is transferable to the second state assuming a reduced radius of curvature, whereby the radius of curvature of the coronary sinus and the radius of curvature as well as the circumference of the mitral annulus is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2008Publication date: July 16, 2009Inventors: Jan Otto Solem, Per-Ola Kimblad, Randolf Von Oepen, Bodo Quint, Gerd Seibold, Kenneth J. Michlitsch, Suk-Woo Ha, Karl-Ludwig Eckert, Ib Joergensen, Stevan Nielsen
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Bistable Device, A Kit And A Method For Treatment Of Disorders In The Heart Rhythm Regulation System
Publication number: 20090163941Abstract: A tissue cutting device is disclosed, which is structured and arranged to be inserted through the vascular system into a body vessel adjacent to the heart and/or into the heart, and to be subsequently subjected to a change of shape in order to penetrate into the heart tissue. The tissue cutting device may thus be used for treating disorders to the heart rhythm regulation system. A kit of devices provides a plurality of devices for creating a lesion pattern for treating such disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2006Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventors: Jan Otto Solem, Stevan Nielsen, Ib Joergensen, Gerd Seibold, Bodo Quint -
Publication number: 20080294088Abstract: A tissue cutting device is disclosed, which is structured and arranged to be inserted through the vascular system into a body vessel adjacent to the heart and/or into the heart, and to be subsequently subjected to a change of shape in order to penetrate into the heart tissue. The tissue cutting device may thus be used for treating disorders to the heart rhythm regulation system. A kit of tissue cutting devices provides a plurality of devices for creating a lesion pattern for treating such disorders. The tissue cutting device is of a biodegradable material, such as hydrolytically degradable material or an enzymatically degradable material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2006Publication date: November 27, 2008Inventors: Jan Otto Solem, Stevan Nielsen, Ib Joergensen, Gerd Siebold, Bodo Quint
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Publication number: 20080004568Abstract: The present invention relates to a catheter having a soft distal tip that can be manufactured at lower cost than catheters in the prior art. In one embodiment, the catheter is produced by coupling a soft sleeve to the distal end of a catheter tube. The sleeve may affixed to the catheter tube under temperature and pressure conditions that cause the proximal end of the sleeve to taper against the outer surface of the catheter tube, avoiding or minimizing discontinuities in the insertion profile of the catheter, and that also cause the inner wall of the sleeve to taper against the distal end of the catheter tube, avoiding or minimizing discontinuities in the lumen of the catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2007Publication date: January 3, 2008Applicant: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises LimitedInventors: Andrew Jeffrey, Louise Balfe, Lorcan Coffey, Arik Zucker, Kay Unzicker, Zdravkica Dzakula, Ib Joergensen, Randolf von Oepen
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Publication number: 20070016132Abstract: The invention includes a catheter having an elongate main body having a proximal section and a distal section. The elongate main body further includes a plurality of stiffening members disposed along the length of the elongate main body. At least one stiffening member includes a plurality of clusters including helical turns or rotations disposed circumferentially about a tubular member and along the length of the cluster. The clusters can be configured to vary flexibility along the length of the tubular member. The catheter can include a sheath having a stationary section and a retractable section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2006Publication date: January 18, 2007Inventors: Randolf Oepen, Axel Grandt, Lorcan Coffey, Louise Balfe, Andrew Jeffrey, Ib Joergensen, Bodo Quint
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Publication number: 20060167486Abstract: The present invention relates to a surgical catheter, and more particularly, a balloon catheter having an auxiliary lumen configured to permit the advancement of a functional measurement wire to a treatment site. The auxiliary lumen communicates with a working lumen that is configured to permit the advancement of a guidewire and the functional measurement wire, so that the guidewire and functional measurement wire may selectively be advanced to the treatment site during a surgical procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2006Publication date: July 27, 2006Applicant: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises LimitedInventors: Ib Joergensen, Randolf Von Oepen
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Publication number: 20060116756Abstract: A device for treatment of mitral annulus dilation is disclosed, wherein the device comprises two states. In a first of these states the device is insertable into the coronary sinus and has a shape of the coronary sinus. When positioned in the coronary sinus, the device is transferable to the second state assuming a reduced radius of curvature, whereby the radius of curvature of the coronary sinus and the radius of curvature as well as the circumference of the mitral annulus is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2006Publication date: June 1, 2006Inventors: Jan Solem, Per-Ola Kimblad, Randolf Oepen, Bodo Quint, Gerd Seibold, Kenneth Michlitsch, Suk-Woo Ha, Karl-Ludwig Eckert, Ib Joergensen, Stevan Nielsen
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Publication number: 20060106418Abstract: Apparatus is provided for sealing a puncture within a vessel or tissue to provide hemostasis, comprising a first disk coupled to either a second disk or a spring, and sealingly engaged to the vessel or tissue surrounding the puncture. At least the first disk is preferably configured to substantially conform to the profile of the vessel or tissue when deployed. In one embodiment, the disks may be released from engagement with the vessel or tissue to reposition the disks after deployment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2003Publication date: May 18, 2006Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES VASCULAR ENTERPRISES, LIMITEDInventors: Gerd Seibold, Kenneth Michlitsch, Randolf Von Oepen, Bodo Quint, Ib Joergensen
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Publication number: 20060100665Abstract: Apparatus is provided for sealing a puncture in a blood vessel using at least one device that applies an internal compressive force upon a distal surface of the vessel. The devices preferably are deployable distal of the distal surface of the vessel, then retracted proximally to provide the internal compressive force, e.g., to promote coagulation and facilitate sealing of the puncture. Additionally, the devices of the present invention optionally may be used in combination with known techniques that provide an external compressive force upon an exterior surface of a patient's skin to expedite sealing of the puncture.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2003Publication date: May 11, 2006Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES VASCULAR ENTERPRISES, LIMITEDInventors: Randolf Von Oepen, Gerd Seibold, Ib Joergensen, Kenneth Michlitsch, Stevan Nielsen, Tommy Conzelmann, Bodo Quint
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Patent number: 6997951Abstract: A device for treatment of mitral annulus dilation is disclosed, wherein the device comprises two states. In a first of these states the device is insertable into the coronary sinus and has a shape of the coronary sinus. When positioned in the coronary sinus, the device is transferable to the second state assuming a reduced radius of curvature, whereby the radius of curvature of the coronary sinus and the radius of curvature as well as the circumference of the mitral annulus is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2002Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences AGInventors: Jan Otto Solem, Per-Ola Kimblad, Randolf von Oepen, Bodo Quint, Gerd Seibold, Kenneth J. Michlitsch, Suk-Woo Ha, Karl-Ludwig Eckert, Ib Joergensen, Stevan Nielsen