Patents by Inventor Min Ku CHON

Min Ku CHON 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: 20230134090
    Abstract: An assembly-type device for the treatment of tricuspid regurgitation is proposed. The assembly-type device includes: a fixing member for the pulmonary artery, the fixing member installed in the pulmonary artery; a connecting tube provided with a connecting tube lumen formed therein to be movable along a connecting wire; an assembly part provided with a first assembly coupled to a lower end of the fixing member for the pulmonary artery and a second assembly coupled to an upper end of the connecting tube, wherein the fixing member for the pulmonary artery and the connecting tube are assembled together; a fixing member for inferior vena cava, the fixing member coupled to a lower end of the connecting tube and installed in the inferior vena cava; and a blocking part coupled to one side of the connecting tube and obliquely passing through a tricuspid valve to block an orifice of the tricuspid valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: TAU PNU MEDICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: June-Hong Kim, Min Ku Chon
  • Patent number: 11564796
    Abstract: An assembly-type device for the treatment of tricuspid regurgitation is proposed. The assembly-type device includes: a fixing member for the pulmonary artery, the fixing member installed in the pulmonary artery; a connecting tube provided with a connecting tube lumen formed therein to be movable along a connecting wire; an assembly part provided with a first assembly coupled to a lower end of the fixing member for the pulmonary artery and a second assembly coupled to an upper end of the connecting tube, wherein the fixing member for the pulmonary artery and the connecting tube are assembled together; a fixing member for inferior vena cava, the fixing member coupled to a lower end of the connecting tube and installed in the inferior vena cava; and a blocking part coupled to one side of the connecting tube and obliquely passing through a tricuspid valve to block an orifice of the tricuspid valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TAU-PNU MEDICAL., LTD.
    Inventors: June Hong Kim, Min Ku Chon
  • Publication number: 20220168101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for transcatheter treatment for tricuspid regurgitation. The device for transcatheter treatment for tricuspid regurgitation, according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, includes: the coronary sinus tube inserted into the coronary sinus; and the tricuspid valve tube traversing the tricuspid valve, wherein the coronary sinus tube and the tricuspid valve tube communicate with each other or are adjacent to each other within a range of predetermined length at an upper side and are separate from each other at a lower side, and a blocking member for blocking a space generated by incomplete closing of the tricuspid valve is provided at a lower part of the tricuspid valve tube or between the coronary sinus tube and the tricuspid valve tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: TAU PNU MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: June Hong Kim, Min Ku CHON, Jun Oh KIM
  • Patent number: 11285000
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for transcatheter treatment for tricuspid regurgitation. The device for transcatheter treatment for tricuspid regurgitation, according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, includes: the coronary sinus tube inserted into the coronary sinus; and the tricuspid valve tube traversing the tricuspid valve, wherein the coronary sinus tube and the tricuspid valve tube communicate with each other or are adjacent to each other within a range of predetermined length at an upper side and are separate from each other at a lower side, and a blocking member for blocking a space generated by incomplete closing of the tricuspid valve is provided at a lower part of the tricuspid valve tube or between the coronary sinus tube and the tricuspid valve tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventors: June Hong Kim, Min Ku Chon, Jun Oh Kim
  • Publication number: 20200229916
    Abstract: An assembly-type device for the treatment of tricuspid regurgitation is proposed. The assembly-type device includes: a fixing member for the pulmonary artery, the fixing member installed in the pulmonary artery; a connecting tube provided with a connecting tube lumen formed therein to be movable along a connecting wire; an assembly part provided with a first assembly coupled to a lower end of the fixing member for the pulmonary artery and a second assembly coupled to an upper end of the connecting tube, wherein the fixing member for the pulmonary artery and the connecting tube are assembled together; a fixing member for inferior vena cava, the fixing member coupled to a lower end of the connecting tube and installed in the inferior vena cava; and a blocking part coupled to one side of the connecting tube and obliquely passing through a tricuspid valve to block an orifice of the tricuspid valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: TAU PNU MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: June Hong KIM, Min Ku CHON
  • Publication number: 20200229824
    Abstract: A position-adjustable device for treatment of tricuspid regurgitation is proposed. The position-adjustable device for the treatment of tricuspid regurgitation is used to verify whether heart failure of the right ventricle may occur, and includes: a first catheter provided with a first lumen; a second catheter inserted into the first lumen and provided with a second lumen into which a guidewire is inserted; an adjusting part coupled to a lower side of the first catheter and the second catheter, wherein the adjusting part is provided with a first direction-adjusting device adjusting a direction of an upper end of the first catheter; and a blocking part coupled to an upper outer side surface of the second catheter, capable of adjusting a position according to a movement of the upper end of the first catheter, and obliquely penetrating and blocking the orifice formed by the incomplete closing of the tricuspid valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: TAU PNU MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: June Hong KIM, Kyone Peter Park, Min Ku CHON, Jimmy Curley
  • Publication number: 20200015850
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for transcatheter treatment for tricuspid regurgitation. The device for transcatheter treatment for tricuspid regurgitation, according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, includes: the coronary sinus tube inserted into the coronary sinus; and the tricuspid valve tube traversing the tricuspid valve, wherein the coronary sinus tube and the tricuspid valve tube communicate with each other or are adjacent to each other within a range of predetermined length at an upper side and are separate from each other at a lower side, and a blocking member for blocking a space generated by incomplete closing of the tricuspid valve is provided at a lower part of the tricuspid valve tube or between the coronary sinus tube and the tricuspid valve tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: TAU PNU MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: June Hong Kim, Min Ku CHON, Jun Oh KIM
  • Publication number: 20190350706
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for transcatheter treatment for tricuspid regurgitation. The device for transcatheter treatment for tricuspid regurgitation, according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, includes: the coronary sinus tube inserted into the coronary sinus; and the tricuspid valve tube traversing the tricuspid valve, wherein the coronary sinus tube and the tricuspid valve tube communicate with each other or are adjacent to each other within a range of predetermined length at an upper side and are separate from each other at a lower side, and a blocking member for blocking a space generated by incomplete closing of the tricuspid valve is provided at a lower part of the tricuspid valve tube or between the coronary sinus tube and the tricuspid valve tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: TAU PNU MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: June Hong Kim, Min Ku CHON, Jun Oh KIM