Patents by Inventor Kokou Anani Amefia

Kokou Anani Amefia 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).

  • Publication number: 20240090842
    Abstract: A sensor implant system comprises a shunt implant comprising a central flow portion configured to maintain an opening through a tissue wall and a sensor implant device. The sensor implant device comprises a shunt body configured to fit at least partially within the central flow portion of the shunt implant and a sensor device coupled to the shunt body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Arvin T. Chang, Jean-Pierre Michel Rabbah, Kokou Anani Amefia, Michael G. Valdez, Steven McConnell
  • Publication number: 20240081744
    Abstract: A sensor implant device comprises a sensor body, at least a first sensor component, and one or more anchoring features coupled to the sensor device and configured to anchor within a tissue wall. The one or more anchoring features are configured to assume an unexpanded form during delivery and configured to expand into the tissue wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kokou Anani Amefia, Rani Abdullah Mahmoudi
  • Patent number: 11007061
    Abstract: Devices and methods for treating patients with functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR) who are unsuitable for surgery include an interoperative, adjustable-size coapting element on a catheter which may be implanted within the left or right side of the heart and extends upward into the vasculature and out of the body. The radial diameter of the coapting element can be modulated in tandem with electrocardiographic imaging to reduce valve regurgitation. One system has an elongated catheter and an expandable coapting element mounted to a distal end with an auxetic structure connected to opposite end caps. A tensioning mechanism controlled from a proximal end of the catheter is configured to pull apart the two end caps and thus elongate and radially expand the auxetic structure. Other forms of the coapting element are disclosed, as well as a kink-resistant catheter sheath having a triangular cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Arthur Passman, Omar Fawzi Azanki, Kokou Anani Amefia
  • Publication number: 20190358029
    Abstract: Devices and methods for treating patients with functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR) who are unsuitable for surgery include an interoperative, adjustable-size coapting element on a catheter which may be implanted within the left or right side of the heart and extends upward into the vasculature and out of the body. The radial diameter of the coapting element can be modulated in tandem with electrocardiographic imaging to reduce valve regurgitation. One system has an elongated catheter and an expandable coapting element mounted to a distal end with an auxetic structure connected to opposite end caps. A tensioning mechanism controlled from a proximal end of the catheter is configured to pull apart the two end caps and thus elongate and radially expand the auxetic structure. Other forms of the coapting element are disclosed, as well as a kink-resistant catheter sheath having a triangular cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph Arthur Passman, Omar Fawzi Azanki, Kokou Anani Amefia