Patents by Inventor Jesus Maria Cardenas

Jesus Maria Cardenas 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).

  • Papillary muscle approximation pads
    Patent number: 11224418
    Abstract: A process for treating a heart valve involves delivering first and second working catheters to a ventricle of a heart of a patient using a transcatheter procedure, approximating a first pad associated with the first working catheter to a backside of a first papillary muscle of the ventricle, approximating a second pad associated with the second working catheter to a backside of a second papillary muscle of the ventricle, and manipulating one or more sutures physically coupled to at least one of the first and second pads to decrease a distance between the first and second papillary muscles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory Bak-Boychuk, Glen T. Rabito, Jesus Maria Cardenas
  • PAPILLARY MUSCLE APPROXIMATION PADS
    Publication number: 20190380699
    Abstract: A process for treating a heart valve involves delivering first and second working catheters to a ventricle of a heart of a patient using a transcatheter procedure, approximating a first pad associated with the first working catheter to a backside of a first papillary muscle of the ventricle, approximating a second pad associated with the second working catheter to a backside of a second papillary muscle of the ventricle, and manipulating one or more sutures physically coupled to at least one of the first and second pads to decrease a distance between the first and second papillary muscles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Gregory Bak-Boychuk, Glen T. Rabito, Jesus Maria Cardenas