Mark K Mathis

US Patent:

6342067, Jan 29, 2002

Filed:

Jan 9, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/005402

Inventors:

Mark Mathis - Fremont CA
Thomas Duerig - Fremont CA

Assignee:

Nitinol Development Corporation - Freemont CA

International Classification:

A61F 206

US Classification:

623 115, 623 119

Abstract:

In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a stent for insertion into a vessel of a patient. The stent is a tubular member having front and back open ends and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The tubular member has a first smaller diameter for insertion into a patient and navigation through the vessels, and a second larger diameter for deployment into the target area of a vessel. The tubular member is made from a plurality of adjacent hoops extending between the front and back ends. The hoops include a plurality of longitudinal struts and a plurality of loops connecting adjacent struts. The stent further includes a plurality of bridges having loop to bridge connections which connect adjacent hoops to one another. The bridge to loop connection points are separated angularly with respect to the longitudinal axis. The bridges have one end attached to a loop, another end attached to a loop on an adjacent hoop.

US Patent:

6565584, May 20, 2003

Filed:

Oct 20, 1997

Appl. No.:

08/947733

Inventors:

Mark L. Mathis - Fremont CA
John A. Scholl - Danville CA
Robert A. Proudfoot - Santa Clara CA
Thomas A. Silvestrini - Alamo CA

Assignee:

Addition Technology, Inc. - Fremont CA

International Classification:

A61F 900

US Classification:

606166, 606107, 128898

Abstract:

This invention is an improved method and kit for producing a desired channel or pathway in the interlamellar space in the corneal stroma for inserting a biocompatible material. The biocompatible polymer may be an intrastromal corneal ring (ICR). The method involves the use of clockwise and counter-clockwise dissectors, and optionally channel connectors and finish channel connectors. The kit contains clockwise and counter-clockwise dissectors and optionally channel connectors, finish channel connectors and probes.

US Patent:

6503271, Jan 7, 2003

Filed:

Dec 7, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/731957

Inventors:

Thomas Duerig - Fremont CA
Mark L. Mathis - Fremont CA
Alan Roy Pelton - Fremont CA
Dieter Stoeckel - Los Altos CA

Assignee:

Cordis Corporation - Miami Lakes FL

International Classification:

A61F 206

US Classification:

623 115, 623 134

Abstract:

A stent having marker tabs formed from a micro-alloyed combination of materials provides for more precise placement and post-procedural visualization in a vessel, by increasing the radiopacity of the stent under X-ray fluoroscopy. A unique micro-alloying process is utilized to form the tabs, comprising a first alloy and a second alloy, wherein one of these alloys is radiopaque. This substantially eliminates the possibility of galvanic action between the tab and the stent. This process is also applicable to other medical devices.

US Patent:

6935404, Aug 30, 2005

Filed:

Nov 8, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/291109

Inventors:

Thomas Duerig - Fremont CA, US
Mark L. Mathis - Fremont CA, US
Alan Roy Pelton - Fremont CA, US
Dieter Stoeckel - Los Altos CA, US

International Classification:

A61L027/00
A61F002/06

US Classification:

164 95, 623901, 164 98

Abstract:

A stent having marker tabs formed from a micro-alloyed combination of materials provides for more precise placement and post-procedural visualization in a vessel, by increasing the radiopacity of the stent under X-ray fluoroscopy. A unique micro-alloying process is utilized to form the tabs, comprising a first alloy and a second alloy, wherein one of these alloys is radiopaque. This substantially eliminates the possibility of galvanic action between the tab and the stent. This process is also applicable to other medical devices.

US Patent:

7309354, Dec 18, 2007

Filed:

Nov 19, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/994169

Inventors:

Mark L. Mathis - Fremont CA, US
Leonard Kowalsky - Bothell WA, US
David G. Reuter - Bothell WA, US
Cruz Beeson - Sacramento CA, US

Assignee:

Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. - Kirkland WA

International Classification:

A61F 2/06

US Classification:

623 236, 623 111

Abstract:

An anchor anchors a therapeutic device having an elongated body within a body lumen. The anchor includes a fixation member carried on the device which is adjustable from a first configuration that permits placement of the device in the body lumen to a second configuration that anchors the device within the body lumen. The anchor further includes a lock that locks the fixation member in the second configuration. The fixation member may be locked in any one of a plurality of intermediate points between the first configuration and a maximum second configuration.

US Patent:

7364588, Apr 29, 2008

Filed:

Aug 4, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/912735

Inventors:

Mark L. Mathis - Fremont CA, US
Gregory Nieminen - Bothell WA, US

Assignee:

Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. - Kirkland WA

International Classification:

A61F 2/06

US Classification:

623 237, 623 236

Abstract:

A mitral valve therapy device effects the condition of a mitral valve annulus of a heart. The device includes an elongated member dimensioned to be placed in the coronary sinus of the heart adjacent the mitral valve annulus. The elongated member is flexible when placed in the heart in a first orientation to position the device in the coronary sinus adjacent the mitral valve annulus and relatively inflexible when rotated into a second orientation after the device is positioned in the coronary sinus adjacent to the mitral valve annulus to substantially straighten and increase the radius of curvature of the mitral valve annulus.

US Patent:

7452375, Nov 18, 2008

Filed:

Nov 19, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/994168

Inventors:

Mark L. Mathis - Fremont CA, US
Leonard Kowalsky - Bothell WA, US
David G. Reuter - Bothell WA, US
Cruz Beeson - Sacramento CA, US

Assignee:

Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. - Kirkland WA

International Classification:

A61F 2/24

US Classification:

623 236, 623 237

Abstract:

An anchor anchors a therapeutic device having an elongated body within a body lumen. The anchor includes a fixation member carried on the device which is adjustable from a first configuration that permits placement of the device in the body lumen to a second configuration that anchors the device within the body lumen. The anchor further includes a lock that locks the fixation member in the second configuration. The fixation member may be locked in any one of a plurality of intermediate points between the first configuration and a maximum second configuration.

US Patent:

7503932, Mar 17, 2009

Filed:

Apr 11, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/279352

Inventors:

Mark L. Mathis - Fremont CA, US
Gregory Nieminen - Bothell WA, US
Nathan Aronson - Chico CA, US
Garrett Beget - Bothell CA, US

Assignee:

Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. - Kirkland WA

International Classification:

A61F 2/06

US Classification:

623 236, 623 237

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a medical device and uses thereof that supports or changes the shape of tissue near a vessel in which the device is placed. The present invention is particularly useful in reducing mitral valve regurgitation by changing the shape of or supporting a mitral valve annulus. The device includes a support structure, a proximal anchor adapted to be positioned in a superior vena cava, and a distal anchor adapted to be positioned in a coronary sinus. The support structure engages a vessel wall to change the shape of tissue adjacent the vessel in which the intravascular support is placed.