Patents by Inventor Sylvester B. Lucatero

Sylvester B. Lucatero 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).

  • METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR CARDIAC VALVE REPAIR
    Publication number: 20100298929
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for the endovascular repair of cardiac valves, particularly the atrioventricular valves which inhibit back flow of blood from a heart ventricle during contraction. The procedures described herein can be performed with interventional tools, guides and supporting catheters and other equipment introduced to the heart chambers from the patient's arterial or venous vasculature remote from the heart. The interventional tools and other equipment may be introduced percutaneously or may be introduced via a surgical cut down, and then advanced from the remote access site through the vasculature until they reach the heart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Troy L. Thornton, Ferolyn T. Powell, Eric A. Goldfarb, Jan Komtebedde, Kent D. Dell, Pedro B. Lucatero, Francisco J. Valencia, Murli Srinivasan, Roger A. Goodgion, Sandra Saenz, Sylvia Erickson, Sylvester B. Lucatero, Yen C. Liao, John P. Madden, Jaime E. Sarabia
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR CARDIAC VALVE REPAIR
    Publication number: 20090177266
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for the endovascular repair of cardiac valves, particularly the atrioventricular valves which inhibit back flow of blood from a heart ventricle during contraction. The procedures described herein can be performed with interventional tools, guides and supporting catheters and other equipment introduced to the heart chambers from the patient's arterial or venous vasculature remote from the heart. The interventional tools and other equipment may be introduced percutaneously or may be introduced via a surgical cut down, and then advanced from the remote access site through the vasculature until they reach the heart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Ferolyn T. Powell, Troy L. Thornton, Eric A. Goldfarb, Jan Komtebedde, Kent D. Dell, Pedro B. Lucatero, Francisco J. Valencia, Murli Srinivasan, Roger A. Goodgion, Sandra Saenz, Sylvia Wenchin Fan, Sylvester B. Lucatero, Yen C. Liao, John P. Madden, Jaime E. Sarabia
  • Methods and devices for cannulating a patient's blood vessel
    Patent number: 5911702
    Abstract: A method and device for introduction of a catheter and/or delivering a fluid, such as oxygenated blood, to a patient's vascular system includes a cannula having an expandable portion. The expandable portion is movable from a collapsed position to an expanded position. The expandable portion is inserted into the patient in the collapsed position which facilitates introduction and advancement of the cannula through the patient's blood vessel. After introduction into the patient, the expandable portion is moved to the expanded position. The expandable portion protects the blood vessel against fluid forces when flowing a fluid through the cannula and protects the vessel from contact with the catheter advanced through the cannula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Heartport, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard M. Romley, Brian S. Donlon, Timothy J. Corvi, Sylvia W. Fan, Jan Komtebedde, Keke J. Lepulu, Sylvester B. Lucatero