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John Gainor, White Bear Township, MN US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20110282439 | Stentless Support Structure - A stentless support structure capable of being at least partly assembled in situ. The support structure comprises a braided tube that is very flexible and, when elongated, becomes very long and very small in diameter, thereby being capable of placement within a small diameter catheter. The support structure is preferably constructed of one or more thin strands of a super-elastic or shape memory material such as Nitinol. When released from the catheter, the support structure folds itself into a longitudinally compact configuration. The support structure thus gains significant strength as the number of folds increase. This radial strength obviates the need for a support stent. The support structure may include attachment points for a prosthetic valve. | 11-17-2011 |
John Gainor, Mendota Heights, MN US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20120065728 | Stentless Support Structure - A stentless support structure capable of being at least partly assembled in situ. The support structure comprises a braided tube that is very flexible and, when elongated, becomes very long and very small in diameter, thereby being capable of placement within a small diameter catheter. The support structure is preferably constructed of one or more thin strands of a super-elastic or shape memory material such as Nitinol. When released from the catheter, the support structure folds itself into a longitudinally compact configuration. The support structure thus gains significant strength as the number of folds increase. This radial strength obviates the need for a support stent. The support structure may include attachment points for a prosthetic valve. | 03-15-2012 |
John P. Gainor, White Bear Township, MN US
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| 20090131978 | DEFECT OCCLUDER RELEASE ASSEMBLY & METHOD - A release assembly is provided to aid the reversible and repositionable deployment of a defect occluder. The release assembly includes an occluder tether having a distal portion comprising at least one suture loop, and a snare structure having a distal portion comprising a snare element. The at least one suture loop is receivable through at least a portion of the defect occluder, and reversibly looped over an anchor element so as to permit reversible collapse the defect occluder for selective ingress and egress from a delivery catheter. The snare element is reversibly engageable with the anchor element so as to reversibly retain the at least one suture loop upon the anchor element, and thereby hold the defect occluder in a posture for reversible free-floating tethered deployment in a defect while being observable in a final position prior to release. | 05-21-2009 |
Thomas R. Gainor, Reston, VA US
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| 20110153492 | CONTROLLING A COMPUTER SYSTEM ENABLING SHARIA-COMPLIANT FINANCING - A computer system including data processing means arranged for receiving information into memory, the information enabling a transaction wherein a first party obtains property financing from a first financier by providing equitable title to the first financier and incurring obligations under a lease to the property, and wherein the first financier obtains funding for the financing from a second financier by providing at least some of the first financier's rights in the property, wherein the data processing means includes control means disposed to apply a Sharia compliance standard to the information control the computer system in carrying out a transaction compliant with the standard. | 06-23-2011 |