Patents by Inventor Stephen C. Geist

Stephen C. Geist 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).

  • Method for Implanting a Prosthetic Mitral Valve
    Publication number: 20140012373
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method for implanting a prosthetic valve at the native mitral valve region of the heart, the prosthetic valve including a main body that is radially compressible to a radially compressed state and self-expandable from the compressed state to a radially expanded state. The prosthetic apparatus also comprises at least one ventricular anchor coupled to the main body and disposed outside of the main body with a leaflet-receiving space between the anchor and an outer surface of the main body to receive a native valve leaflet. Apparatus for delivering and implanting the prosthetic valve are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Chau, Marlowe E. Patterson, Seung-Beom Yi, Stephen C. Geist, Travis Oba, David L. Hauser
  • Prosthetic apparatus for implantation at mitral valve
    Patent number: 8585755
    Abstract: Embodiments of prosthetics configured for implanting in at the native mitral valve region of the heart include a main body that is radially compressible to a radially compressed state and self-expandable from the compressed state to a radially expanded state. The prosthetic apparatus also comprises at least one ventricular anchor coupled to the main body and disposed outside of the main body with a leaflet-receiving space between the anchor and an outer surface of the main body to receive a native valve leaflet. Methods and apparatus for delivering and implanting the prosthetic valve are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Chau, Marlowe E. Patterson, Seung-Beom Yi, Stephen C. Geist, Travis Zenyo Oba