Patents by Inventor Jonathan Rourke

Jonathan Rourke 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).

  • Method and apparatus for improving mitral valve function
    Publication number: 20040073302
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing mitral regurgitation. The apparatus is inserted into the coronary sinus of a patient in the vicinity of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve, the apparatus being adapted to straighten the natural curvature of at least a portion of the coronary sinus in the vicinity of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve, whereby to move the posterior annulus anteriorly and thereby improve leaflet coaptation and reduce mitral regurgitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Jonathan Rourke, John R. Liddicoat, Daniel C. Taylor, William E. Cohn
  • Method and apparatus for reducing mitral regurgitation
    Publication number: 20040019377
    Abstract: A method and device for reducing mitral regurgitation. An elongated body is positioned in a coronary sinus of a patient in a vicinity of a heart mitral valve posterior leaflet. The body is adapted to straighten a natural curvature of at least a portion of the coronary sinus in the vicinity of the posterior leaflet to move a posterior annulus anteriorly, which in turn moves the posterior leaflet anteriorly, thereby to improve leaflet coaptation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Daniel C. Taylor, William E. Cohn, John R. Liddicoat, Steven B. Woolfson, Todd F. Davenport, Richard B. Streeter, Thomas F. Kordis, Jonathan Rourke