Patents by Inventor Michael S. Dana

Michael S. Dana 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).

  • Patent number: 11744615
    Abstract: A method for performing a therapeutic intervention in a pericardial space of a heart includes delivering a catheter into a right atrium of the heart and steering the catheter so that a distal end of the catheter is positioned adjacent an access site in the right atrium. The distal end of the catheter is anchored in a heart wall of the right atrium adjacent the access site and the heart wall is inverted to separate an exterior surface of the inverted heart wall from contact with parietal pericardial tissue. The inverted heart wall is penetrated to provide access to the pericardial space around the heart. A device is delivered through the penetrating in the inverted heart wall to perform the therapeutic intervention in the pericardial space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: BioVentrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Van Bladel, Lon S. Annest, Michael S. Dana
  • Publication number: 20220087715
    Abstract: A method for performing a therapeutic intervention in a pericardial space of a heart includes delivering a catheter into a right atrium of the heart and steering the catheter so that a distal end of the catheter is positioned adjacent an access site in the right atrium. The distal end of the catheter is anchored in a heart wall of the right atrium adjacent the access site and the heart wall is inverted to separate an exterior surface of the inverted heart wall from contact with parietal pericardial tissue. The inverted heart wall is penetrated to provide access to the pericardial space around the heart. A device is delivered through the penetrating in the inverted heart wall to perform the therapeutic intervention in the pericardial space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Van Bladel, Lon S. Annest, Michael S. Dana
  • Patent number: 11185414
    Abstract: A heart implant alignment and delivery device includes an elongate body having an opening that is disposed near a distal end of the elongate body. The opening is configured so that a heart implant is positionable within the opening with the heart implant exposed to a surrounding environment and so that the heart implant is substantially aligned with the distal end of the elongate body. The device also includes an implant reposition member, such as a cable, that is releasably coupleable with the heart implant and that is operationally coupled with the elongate body so that a first operation of the implant reposition member causes the heart implant to be retractably deployed from the opening of the elongate body. The first operation of the implant reposition member may be effected via a handle mechanism that is attached to a proximal end of the elongate body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: BioVentrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Van Bladel, Meir Moshe, Michael S. Dana
  • Patent number: 10507019
    Abstract: A suture trimmer including an elongate shaft including an elongate lumen extending proximally from a distal end of the elongate shaft, a transverse through-opening disposed proximal the distal end of the shaft, and a groove extending proximally from the distal end of the shaft to a distal end of the opening. A fitting is disposed within the elongate lumen at the distal end of the shaft and extends distally therefrom. A cutting member is slidably received within the lumen of the shaft and configured to move between a proximal end of the opening and the distal end of the opening and cut a suture disposed within and extending from the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: T. Daniel Gross, Maurice Marthaler, Michael S. Dana, Dawn Ma
  • Publication number: 20190307564
    Abstract: A heart implant alignment and delivery device includes an elongate body having an opening that is disposed near a distal end of the elongate body. The opening is configured so that a heart implant is positionable within the opening with the heart implant exposed to a surrounding environment and so that the heart implant is substantially aligned with the distal end of the elongate body. The device also includes an implant reposition member, such as a cable, that is releasably coupleable with the heart implant and that is operationally coupled with the elongate body so that a first operation of the implant reposition member causes the heart implant to be retractably deployed from the opening of the elongate body. The first operation of the implant reposition member may be effected via a handle mechanism that is attached to a proximal end of the elongate body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: BioVentrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Van Bladel, Meir Moshe, Michael S. Dana
  • Patent number: 10206779
    Abstract: A heart implant alignment and delivery device includes an elongate body having an opening that is disposed near a distal end of the elongate body. The opening is configured so that a heart implant is positionable within the opening with the heart implant exposed to a surrounding environment and so that the heart implant is substantially aligned with the distal end of the elongate body. The device also includes an implant reposition member, such as a cable, that is releasably coupleable with the heart implant and that is operationally coupled with the elongate body so that a first operation of the implant reposition member causes the heart implant to be retractably deployed from the opening of the elongate body. The first operation of the implant reposition member may be effected via a handle mechanism that is attached to a proximal end of the elongate body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: BioVentrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Van Bladel, Meir Moshe, Michael S. Dana
  • Publication number: 20170319197
    Abstract: A suture trimmer including an elongate shaft including an elongate lumen extending proximally from a distal end of the elongate shaft, a transverse through-opening disposed proximal the distal end of the shaft, and a groove extending proximally from the distal end of the shaft to a distal end of the opening. A fitting is disposed within the elongate lumen at the distal end of the shaft and extends distally therefrom. A cutting member is slidably received within the lumen of the shaft and configured to move between a proximal end of the opening and the distal end of the opening and cut a suture disposed within and extending from the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: T. Daniel Gross, Maurice Marthaler, Michael S. Dana, Dawn Ma
  • Publication number: 20170071740
    Abstract: A heart implant alignment and delivery device includes an elongate body having an opening that is disposed near a distal end of the elongate body. The opening is configured so that a heart implant is positionable within the opening with the heart implant exposed to a surrounding environment and so that the heart implant is substantially aligned with the distal end of the elongate body. The device also includes an implant reposition member, such as a cable, that is releasably coupleable with the heart implant and that is operationally coupled with the elongate body so that a first operation of the implant reposition member causes the heart implant to be retractably deployed from the opening of the elongate body. The first operation of the implant reposition member may be effected via a handle mechanism that is attached to a proximal end of the elongate body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: BioVentrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Van Bladel, Meir Moshe, Michael S. Dana