Patents by Inventor Mark W. Bleyer

Mark W. Bleyer 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).

  • PROSTHETIC VALVE THAT PERMITS RETROGRADE FLOW
    Publication number: 20080249612
    Abstract: A prosthetic valve for regulating fluid flow through a body vessel is provided. The valve includes an expandable support frame and a valve leaflet, and includes at least one opening that permits a controlled amount of retrograde flow through the valve when the valve is in a closed configuration. A flap disposed adjacent the opening is able to temporarily and substantially close the opening to contribute to the regulation of retrograde flow proceeding through the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: COOK INCORPORATED
    Inventors: THOMAS A. OSBORNE, BRIAN C. CASE, MARK W. BLEYER, RAM H. PAUL
  • Prosthetic valve that permits retrograde flow
    Patent number: 7402171
    Abstract: A prosthetic valve for regulating fluid flow through a body vessel is provided. The valve includes an expandable support frame and a valve leaflet, and includes at least one opening that permits a controlled amount of retrograde flow through the valve when the valve is in a closed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Cook Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas A. Osborne, Brian C. Case, Mark W. Bleyer, Ram H. Paul
  • Prosthetic valve that permits retrograde flow
    Publication number: 20040225352
    Abstract: A prosthetic valve for regulating fluid flow through a body vessel is provided. The valve includes an expandable support frame and a valve leaflet, and includes at least one opening that permits a controlled amount of retrograde flow through the valve when the valve is in a closed configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas A. Osborne, Brian C. Case, Mark W. Bleyer
  • Embolization device
    Publication number: 20040158185
    Abstract: A medical device (40) including a collagenous biomaterial (10) for causing embolus and treating an aneurysm. The collagenous biomaterial (10) includes a small intestine submucosa (12) that is configured into various components (16) for causing a vascular occlusion or a packing aneurysm lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Christopher J. Moran, Mark W. Bleyer, Thomas G. Kozma, Umesh H. Patel
  • Radiopaque implantable collagenous biomaterial device
    Publication number: 20030206860
    Abstract: Disclosed is a medical device (5) and more particularly, an implantable biomaterial. The biomaterial comprises a radiopaque (22) collagenous biomaterial (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Mark W. Bleyer, Michael C. Hiles, Umesh H. Patel