Patents by Inventor Jean Kantrowitz

Jean Kantrowitz 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).

  • Rigid body aortic blood pump implant
    Patent number: 8721515
    Abstract: An implantable aortic blood pump includes a rigid body having wall extending along a long axis and defining an inflation port portion with an inflation aperture therethrough. The aperture is fluid communication with an inner surface of the body and on a fluid supply, the body is preferably independent of an external brace or an external stiffener, yet still has a cantilevered deformation of less than 8 millimeters in response to a 200 gram weight suspended from a front body edge. A deflecting structure of a membrane deflects in response to fluid pressure so as to pump blood when the pump is secured to a subject aorta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: L-Vad Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Smith, Valluvan Jeevanandam, Allen B. Kantrowitz, Paul S. Freed, Jean Kantrowitz