Jorge A Jimenez

US Patent:

7846123, Dec 7, 2010

Filed:

Apr 24, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/739151

Inventors:

Thomas A. Vassiliades - Atlanta GA, US
Ajit Yoganathan - Tucker GA, US
Jorge Hernan Jimenez - Atlanta GA, US

Assignee:

Emory University - Atlanta GA
Georgia Tech Research Corporation - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

A61M 5/00
A61F 2/00
A61F 11/00
A61F 2/06
A61F 2/54
A61B 17/08
A61B 17/32

US Classification:

604 8, 600 36, 606108, 606151, 606153, 606167, 606213, 623 11, 623 111, 623 123, 623 13, 623 661

Abstract:

Various embodiments of the present invention provide a conduit device including an attaching device configured for defining a helical pathway through a tissue wall and complementary ring in cooperation for securing the device within an aperture defined in the tissue wall. Some embodiments of the present invention further provide a system for implanting a conduit device in a tissue wall. More specifically, some embodiments provide a system including a coring device for defining an aperture in a tissue by removing and retaining a tissue core and securely implanting a conduit device therein so as to provide fluid communication between a first and second surface of the tissue wall via the conduit device.

US Patent:

8430836, Apr 30, 2013

Filed:

Oct 11, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/901810

Inventors:

Thomas A. Vassiliades - Atlanta GA, US
Ajit Yoganathan - Tucker GA, US
Jorge Hernan Jimenez - Atlanta GA, US

Assignee:

Emory University - Atlanta GA
Georgia Tech Research Corporation - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

A61M 39/00
A61M 39/10
A61F 2/00
A61F 2/02
A61F 2/06

US Classification:

604 8, 604 9301, 604158, 60416401, 604174, 604175, 623 11, 623 111, 623 123, 623 1111

Abstract:

Various embodiments of the present invention provide a conduit device including an attaching device configured for defining a helical pathway through a tissue wall and complementary ring in cooperation for securing the device within an aperture defined in the tissue wall. Some embodiments of the present invention further provide a system for implanting a conduit device in a tissue wall. More specifically, some embodiments provide a system including a coring device for defining an aperture in a tissue by removing and retaining a tissue core and securely implanting a conduit device therein so as to provide fluid communication between a first and second surface of the tissue wall via the conduit device.

US Patent:

8568473, Oct 29, 2013

Filed:

Dec 15, 2006

Appl. No.:

12/097173

Inventors:

Ajit P. Yoganathan - Tucker GA, US
Jorge Hernan Jimenez - Atlanta GA, US

Assignee:

Georgia Tech Research Corporation - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

A61F 2/24

US Classification:

623 211

Abstract:

The present invention describes a cardiac prosthetic system () comprising: an anchoring conduit () having a harbor (), the harbor including a first releasably engaging component (); a temporary valve () and a heart valve prosthesis () having a second releasably engaging component () enabled to be securely coupled and uncoupled from the first releasably engaging component () of the harbor ().

US Patent:

20060089707, Apr 27, 2006

Filed:

Oct 14, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/251100

Inventors:

Thomas Vassiliades - Atlanta GA, US
Ajit Yoganathan - Tucker GA, US
Jorge Jimenez - Atlanta GA, US

Assignee:

Emory University - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

A61F 2/06

US Classification:

623001230

Abstract:

The present invention provides a vascular conduit device including a deformable flange and complementary securing ring in cooperation for securing the device within an aperture defined in a tissue wall. The present invention further provides a system for implanting such a vascular conduit device in a tissue wall. More specifically, the present invention provides a system including a coring device for defining an aperture in a tissue wall (such as a ventricle and/or a blood vessel) and securely implanting a vascular conduit device therein so as to provide fluid communication between a first and second surface of the tissue wall via the vascular conduit device.

US Patent:

20060184240, Aug 17, 2006

Filed:

Jun 25, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/561900

Inventors:

Jorge Jimenez - Atlanta GA, US
Ajit Yoganathan - Tucker GA, US
Zhaoming He - Lubbock TX, US

Assignee:

Georgia Tech Research Corporation - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

A61F 2/24

US Classification:

623002360

Abstract:

An annuloplasty chain () is disclosed. The chain () can be fabricated from metal, and include a shielding layer () and a suturing layer ().

US Patent:

20090292353, Nov 26, 2009

Filed:

Dec 15, 2006

Appl. No.:

12/097318

Inventors:

Ajit P. Yoganathan - Tucker GA, US
Jorge Hernan Jimenez - Atlanta GA, US

Assignee:

Georgia Tech Research Corporation - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

A61F 2/24

US Classification:

623 211, 623 236

Abstract:

The cinching apparatus () comprising: an anchoring component having a distal end a proximal end; the distal end of the anchoring component having an engaging member (). A locking component () and a tension member () wherein the anchoring component is enabled to be positioned on a first target site of a tissue component and the locking component () is enabled to be positioned on a second target site of a tissue component of the heart, and the tension member () can be coupled to both the anchoring component and the locking component () to adjust the distance between the first and second target sites.

US Patent:

20130030523, Jan 31, 2013

Filed:

Apr 7, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/937191

Inventors:

Sai Muralidhar Padala - Atlanta GA, US
Ajit P. Yoganathan - Tucker GA, US
Vinod H. Thourani - Atlanta GA, US
Jorge H. Jimenez - Atlanta GA, US

Assignee:

Emory University - Atlanta GA
Georgia Tech Research Corporation - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

A61F 2/24

US Classification:

623 237, 623 236

Abstract:

An annuloplasty ring, configured for implantation in the annulus of a heart valve, comprising multiple segments each of which are geometrically shaped from a three dimensional perspective to conform to the anatomic shape of the valve annulus. In one embodiment, the annuloplasty ring is configured to facilitate a reduction of tension on heart valve tissue and eliminate a substantial portion of potential pressure or force that may be applied to the atrioventricular node by the annuloplasty ring when implanted. In another embodiment, at the annuloplasty ring is configured to include an assembly that facilitates selective adjustment of a segment's respective length and/or shape. The adjustment of the length of one of the ring segment's results in an adjustment of at least one angle between at least one set of other ring segments, thereby causing an adjustment to the geometric characteristics of the ring.

US Patent:

20130218169, Aug 22, 2013

Filed:

Mar 18, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/845960

Inventors:

EMORY UNIVERSITY - , US
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION - , US
Jorge Hernan Jimenez - Atlanta GA, US

Assignee:

GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION - Atlanta GA
EMORY UNIVERSITY - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

A61F 2/06
A61B 17/3205

US Classification:

606108

Abstract:

Various embodiments of the present invention provide a conduit device including an attaching device configured for defining a helical pathway through a tissue wall and complementary ring in cooperation for securing the device within an aperture defined in the tissue wall. Some embodiments of the present invention further provide a system for implanting a conduit device in a tissue wall. More specifically, some embodiments provide a system including a coring device for defining an aperture in a tissue by removing and retaining a tissue core and securely implanting a conduit device therein so as to provide fluid communication between a first and second surface of the tissue wall via the conduit device.