Patents by Inventor Tammi Elizabethy Klostermeyer

Tammi Elizabethy Klostermeyer 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).

  • Heart valve prosthesis with a resiliently deformable retaining member
    Patent number: 6312465
    Abstract: A valve body assembly for being mounted adjacent an annulus within a heart. A first retainer is attached to the valve body assembly for engaging a first side of the annulus. A second retainer is attached to the valve body assembly and includes a resiliently-deformable retaining member for resiliently engaging a second side of the annulus. The resiliently deformable retaining member is collapsed to a size permitting it to be inserted into through the annulus and positioned adjacent the second side of the annulus. The retaining member is then allowed to expand such that it resiliently engages the second side of the annulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Sulzer Carbomedics Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Durward Griffin, Louis A. Campbell, Tammi Elizabethy Klostermeyer