Method and apparatus for reducing mitral regurgitation
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- COHN WILLIAM E
- Publication Date
- 2005-12-01
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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REFERENCE TO PENDING PRIOR PATENT APPLICATIONS
[0001] This patent application:
[0002] (1) is a continuation-in-part of pending prior U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 068,264, filed Feb. 05, 2002 by Daniel C. Taylor et al. for METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING MITRAL VALVE FUNCTION (Attorney's Docket No. VIA-29);
[0003] (2) is a continuation-in-part of pending prior U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 068,700, filed Feb. 05, 2002 by William E. Cohn et al. for APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING MITRAL REGURGITATION (Attorney's Docket No. VIA-16);
[0004] (3) is a continuation-in-part of pending prior U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 090,968, filed Mar. 05, 2002 by William E. Cohn et al. for APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING MITRAL REGURGITATION (Attorney's Docket No. VIA-17);
[0005] (4) claims benefit of pending prior U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 278,153, filed Mar. 23, 2001 by William E. Cohn et al. for METHOD AND APPPARATUS TO IMPROVE MITRAL VALVE FUNCTION (A...