ARTIFICIAL HEART VALVE
US6540782B1
Inventor:
Robert V. Snyders
Assignee:
Snyders Heart Valve LLC
Artificial heart valve designed to repair damaged natural heart valves.
It consists of a flexible frame with anchors for positioning it between the upstream and downstream regions of the heart.
A flexible valve element is attached to the frame, allowing it to open and close based on fluid pressure, facilitating one-way blood flow.
LEADLESS CARDIAC PACEMAKER WITH MRI PACING MODE
US9457182B2
Inventor:
Brendan E. Koop
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers Inc
Cardiac rhythm management system involving two implantable devices.
One device monitors the heart’s rhythm and detects MRI machine magnetic fields, notifying the second device to enter an MRI-safe mode.
This innovation ensures safe MRI scans for patients with cardiac implants.
CARDIOVASCULAR STENT AND RETRIEVAL APPARATUS
US5643309A
Inventors:
Richard Myler, Julius G. Hammerslag
Assignee:
Hemodynamics Inc
Removable cardiovascular stent along with a retrieval apparatus for its safe removal.
The stent includes engagement members for connection to an extraction catheter, allowing atraumatic removal.
The stent can be removed directly or within the extraction catheter.
PROSTHESIS FOR TRANSCATHETER VALVE IMPLANTATION
US9295547B2
Inventors:
Declan Costello, John Gallagher
Declan Costello, John Gallagher
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular Galway ULC
Rosthesis with two prosthetic sections for transcatheter valve implantation.
The sections include prosthetic valves and frames, enabling replacement of native aortic and mitral valves in a single procedure.
