Patents by Inventor Jon Dahlgren

Jon Dahlgren 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).

  • Medical device for constricting tissue or a bodily orifice, for example a mitral valve
    Patent number: 9744038
    Abstract: A medical apparatus positionable in a cavity of a bodily organ (e.g., a heart) may constrict a bodily orifice (e.g., a mitral valve). The medical apparatus may include tissue anchors that are implanted in the annulus of the orifice. The tissue anchors may be guided into position by an intravascularly or percutaneously deployed anchor guiding frame. Constriction of the orifice may be accomplished by cinching a flexible cable attached to implanted tissue anchors. The medical device may be used to approximate the septal and lateral (clinically referred to as anterior and posterior) annulus of the mitral valve in order to move the posterior leaflet anteriorly and the anterior leaflet posteriorly and thereby improve leaflet coaptation and eliminate mitral regurgitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: KARDIUM INC.
    Inventors: Jon Dahlgren, Doug Goertzen, Daniel Gelbart
  • MEDICAL DEVICE FOR CONSTRICTING TISSUE OR A BODILY ORIFICE, FOR EXAMPLE A MITRAL VALVE
    Publication number: 20110022166
    Abstract: A medical apparatus positionable in a cavity of a bodily organ (e.g., a heart) may constrict a bodily orifice (e.g., a mitral valve). The medical apparatus may include tissue anchors that are implanted in the annulus of the orifice. The tissue anchors may be guided into position by an intravascularly or percutaneously deployed anchor guiding frame. Constriction of the orifice may be accomplished by cinching a flexible cable attached to implanted tissue anchors. The medical device may be used to approximate the septal and lateral (clinically referred to as anterior and posterior) annulus of the mitral valve in order to move the posterior leaflet anteriorly and the anterior leaflet posteriorly and thereby improve leaflet coaptation and eliminate mitral regurgitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: KARDIUM INC.
    Inventors: Jon Dahlgren, Doug Goertzen, Daniel Gelbart
  • Medical Device for Constricting Tissue or a Bodily Orifice, for example a mitral valve
    Publication number: 20090287304
    Abstract: A medical apparatus positionable in a cavity of a bodily organ (e.g., a heart) may constrict a bodily orifice (e.g., a mitral valve). The medical apparatus may include tissue anchors that are implanted in the annulus of the orifice. The tissue anchors may be guided into position by an intravascularly or percutaneously deployed anchor guiding frame. Constriction of the orifice may be accomplished by cinching a flexible cable attached to implanted tissue anchors. The medical device may be used to approximate the septal and lateral (clinically referred to as anterior and posterior) annulus of the mitral valve in order to move the posterior leaflet anteriorly and the anterior leaflet posteriorly and thereby improve leaflet coaptation and eliminate mitral regurgitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: KARDIUM INC.
    Inventors: Jon Dahlgren, Doug Goertzen, Daniel Gelbart