Patents by Inventor Paul A. Garant

Paul A. Garant 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).

  • FRONT-END LOADER FOR PROSTHETIC OCCLUDERS AND METHODS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160213359
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a system, and related methods, for the percutaneous transluminal delivery and retrieval of a prosthetic occluder through a front-end loader. The prosthetic occluder may be, for example, an intracardiac occluder for a patent foramen ovale. The system includes, in one embodiment, a front-end loader having a beveled distal end. In another embodiment, the system includes a front-end loader having a chamfered rim at the beveled distal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Craig M. Carpenter, Paul A. Garant, Lee A. Core
  • Front-end loader for prosthetic occluders and methods thereof
    Patent number: 9326758
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a system, and related methods, for the percutaneous transluminal delivery and retrieval of a prosthetic occluder through a front-end loader. The prosthetic occluder may be, for example, an intracardiac occluder for a patent foramen ovale. The system includes, in one embodiment, a front-end loader having a beveled distal end. In another embodiment, the system includes a front-end loader having a chamfered rim at the beveled distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig M. Carpenter, Paul A. Garant, Lee A. Core
  • Restoration of flow in LAA via tubular conduit
    Patent number: 7806846
    Abstract: An opening other than the ostium of a left atrial appendage (LAA) is provided to allow blood flow between the LAA and another portion of the body. The opening has a conduit that helps to increase blood flow through an LAA by adding at least one other flow path to the ostium, thereby reducing the risk of stasis and the formation of thrombi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: NMT MEdical, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrzej J. Chanduszko, Paul A. Garant
  • Restoration of flow in LAA via tubular conduit
    Publication number: 20050222533
    Abstract: An opening other than the ostium of a left atrial appendage (LAA) is provided to allow blood flow between the LAA and another portion of the body. The opening has a conduit that helps to increase blood flow through an LAA by adding at least one other flow path to the ostium, thereby reducing the risk of stasis and the formation of thrombi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicant: NMT Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrzej Chanduszko, Paul Garant
  • Front-end loader for prosthetic occluders and methods thereof
    Publication number: 20040133230
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a system, and related methods, for the percutaneous transluminal delivery and retrieval of a prosthetic occluder through a front-end loader. The prosthetic occluder may be, for example, an intracardiac occluder for a patent foramen ovale. The system includes, in one embodiment, a front-end loader having a beveled distal end. In another embodiment, the system includes a front-end loader having a chamfered rim at the beveled distal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Craig M. Carpenter, Paul A. Garant, Lee A. Core