Patents by Inventor Tomer Golan

Tomer Golan 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).

  • TISSUE ANCHOR HANDLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20250107800
    Abstract: An anchor driver is transluminally advanceable to a heart of a subject, and comprises (a) a shaft; (b) a head, coupled to the shaft at a distal part of the anchor driver, and configured to engage a tissue anchor; and (c) a stiffening element that, while the head remains engaged with the tissue anchor, is repositionable from outside of the subject in a manner that transitions the anchor driver between (i) a first state, and (ii) a second state in which the distal part of the anchor driver is stiffer than in the first state. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Haim Brauon, Ehud Aviv, Brian Patrick Murphy, Praveen De Silva, Kevin K. Dang, Omar Fawzi Azanki, Tomer Golan, Aaron Anan Ness, Tal Reich, Luis Molina, Sam Shafigh
  • Tissue anchor handling systems and methods
    Patent number: 12226096
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for use with a tissue anchor and an anchor driver. The apparatus includes a housing, shaped to define a channel. The channel includes (i) an anchor-storage zone, and (ii) a proximal opening configured to provide access for the anchor driver to the anchor-storage zone. The channel is configured to enable sliding of the tissue anchor therewithin to be stored in the anchor-storage zone. The apparatus also includes a retaining member, shaped to define a cradle for cradling and holding the tissue anchor in the anchor-storage zone. The retaining member includes a pillar pivotable with respect to the cradle, and configured to support the tissue anchor at the cradle. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Haim Brauon, Ehud Aviv, Brian Patrick Murphy, Praveen De Silva, Kevin K. Dang, Omar Fawzi Azanki, Tomer Golan, Aaron Anan Ness, Tal Reich, Luis Molina, Sam Shafigh
  • TISSUE ANCHOR HANDLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20220071620
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for use with a tissue anchor and an anchor driver. The apparatus includes a housing, shaped to define a channel. The channel includes (i) an anchor-storage zone, and (ii) a proximal opening configured to provide access for the anchor driver to the anchor-storage zone. The channel is configured to enable sliding of the tissue anchor therewithin to be stored in the anchor-storage zone. The apparatus also includes a retaining member, shaped to define a cradle for cradling and holding the tissue anchor in the anchor-storage zone. The retaining member includes a pillar pivotable with respect to the cradle, and configured to support the tissue anchor at the cradle. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Haim Brauon, Ehud Aviv, Brian Patrick Murphy, Praveen De Silva, Kevin K. Dang, Omar Fawzi Azanki, Tomer Golan, Aaron Anan Ness, Tal Reich, Luis Molina, Sam Shafigh
  • Shopping cart-ring shaped paper holder
    Patent number: D734587
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Inventors: Tomer Golan, Dotan Vasa