Patents by Inventor Jiin-Huey C. Lin

Jiin-Huey C. Lin 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).

  • Dual-pulsation bi-ventricular assist device
    Patent number: 8251886
    Abstract: A ventricular assist device is disclosed which comprises a sac for wrapping around a portion of a heart, the sac having one or more inflatable chambers for compressing the heart when the chambers being inflated and a blood outlet made to an aorta, the blood outlet being the sole opening in the human blood path in the vicinity of heart, wherein during a systolic phase the inflatable chambers inflate while blood flows out of the aorta through the blood outlet, and during a diastolic phase the inflatable chambers deflate while blood flows into the aorta through the blood outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Pong-Jeu Lu, Pao-Yen Lin, Jiin-Huey C. Lin, Chien-Ping Ju
  • Dual-Pulsation Bi-Ventricular Assist Device
    Publication number: 20080300447
    Abstract: A ventricular assist device is disclosed which comprises a sac for wrapping around a portion of a heart, the sac having one or more inflatable chambers for compressing the heart when the chambers being inflated and a blood outlet made to an aorta, the blood outlet being the sole opening in the human blood path in the vicinity of heart, wherein during a systolic phase the inflatable chambers inflate while blood flows out of the aorta through the blood outlet, and during a diastolic phase the inflatable chambers deflate while blood flows into the aorta through the blood outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Pong-Jeu Lu, Pao-Yen Lin, Jiin-Huey C. Lin, Chien-Ping Ju