US Patent No: 7,544,206

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Method and apparatus for resecting and replacing an aortic valve

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Abstract

A method and apparatus for delivering a device to a given location within a heart, the method and apparatus being adapted for:passing a first catheter through the left atrium of the heart, through the mitral valve and into the left ventricle, and passing a second catheter through the aorta toward the heart, one or the other of the first catheter and the second catheter, with the device attached thereto, forming a device-carrying assembly for engagement with the remaining catheter;causing the device-carrying assembly and the remaining catheter to engage one another so as to form a connection therebetween; andretracting one of the device-carrying assembly and the remaining catheter in a direction opposite to the other of the device-carrying assembly and the remaining catheter so as to position the device relative to the given location within the heart.

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Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
MEDTRONIC, INC.MINNEAPOLIS, MN4903

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cohn, William E Chestnut Hill, MA 89 1650

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7,972,378 Stents for prosthetic heart valves 1 2009
8,430,927 Multiple orifice implantable heart valve and methods of implantation 0 2009
8,070,801 Method and apparatus for resecting and replacing an aortic valve 0 2009
8,312,825 Methods and apparatuses for assembly of a pericardial prosthetic heart valve 0 2009
8,241,274 Method for guiding a medical device 1 2009
8,092,487 Intravascular filter with debris entrapment mechanism 0 2010
 
SADRA MEDICAL, INC. (8)
8,182,528 Locking heart valve anchor 0 2003
8,343,213 Leaflet engagement elements and methods for use thereof 0 2004
8,062,357 Methods and apparatus for endovascular heart valve replacement comprising tissue grasping elements 0 2005
8,052,749 Methods and apparatus for endovascular heart valve replacement comprising tissue grasping elements 0 2005
8,252,052 Methods and apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve 0 2008
8,231,670 Repositionable heart valve and method 0 2008
8,328,868 Medical devices and delivery systems for delivering medical devices 0 2009
8,211,170 Medical devices and delivery systems for delivering medical devices 0 2009
 
MEDTRONIC VENTOR TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (6)
8,414,643 Sinus-engaging valve fixation member 0 2007
8,348,995 Axial-force fixation member for valve 0 2007
8,348,996 Valve prosthesis implantation techniques 0 2007
8,052,750 Valve prosthesis fixation techniques using sandwiching 4 2007
8,313,525 Valve suturing and implantation procedures 0 2008
8,137,398 Prosthetic valve having tapered tip when compressed for delivery 0 2008
 
SORIN BIOMEDICA CARDIO S.R.L. (5)
8,109,996 Minimally-invasive cardiac-valve prosthesis 0 2005
8,070,799 Instrument and method for in situ deployment of cardiac valve prostheses 2 2006
8,057,539 System for in situ positioning of cardiac valve prostheses without occluding blood flow 2 2006
8,114,154 Fluid-filled delivery system for in situ deployment of cardiac valve prostheses 2 2007
7,993,392 Instrument and method for in situ deployment of cardiac valve prostheses 2 2008
 
MEDTRONIC COREVALVE LLC (4)
7,914,569 Heart valve prosthesis and methods of manufacture and use 13 2005
7,892,281 Prosthetic valve for transluminal delivery 0 2009
8,016,877 Prosthetic valve for transluminal delivery 1 2009
8,002,826 Assembly for placing a prosthetic valve in a duct in the body 3 2009
 
SORIN GROUP ITALIA S.R.L. (2)
8,403,982 Device for the in situ delivery of heart valves 0 2009
8,353,953 Device for the in situ delivery of heart valves 0 2009
 
COREVALVE, S.A. (1)
7,682,390 Assembly for setting a valve prosthesis in a corporeal duct 24 2002
 
MEDTRONIC COREVALVE, INC. (1)
8,226,710 Heart valve prosthesis and methods of manufacture and use 2 2011
 
SADRA MEDICL, INC. (1)
8,246,678 Methods and apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve 0 2007
 
TRANSCATHETER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (1)
7,947,075 Minimally invasive heart valve replacement 1 2010

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7.5 Year Payment $3600.00 $1800.00 $900.00 Dec 9, 2016
11.5 Year Payment $7400.00 $3700.00 $1850.00 Dec 9, 2020
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