DONALD EUGENE BOBO
Pilots at Valencia St, Santa Ana, CA

5573007, Nov 12, 1996

Aug 8, 1994

8/287195

Donald E. Bobo - Fountain Valley CA

Innerspace, Inc. - Santa Ana CA

A61B 500

128748

A gas-column pressure measuring catheter which is insertable into a mammalian body for purposes of transmitting pressure changes from a location within the mammalian body to a pressure sensor which is either incorporated into, or connected to, the catheter. In a preferred embodiment, the gas-column pressure measuring catheter comprises an elongate catheter body having a gas-filled lumen extending longitudinally therethrough, and a gas-filled membrane-walled chamber positioned on the catheter body in communication with the gas-filled lumen such that pressure changes exerted against the outer surface of the membrane-walled chamber will result in the transmission of pressure changes through the gas-filled catheter lumen. The gas-filled membrane-walled chamber may be located on the side wall of the catheter body, or may be located on the distal end of the catheter body. The invention includes methods for measuring various intracorporeal pressures using gas-column pressure measuring catheters, including methods for measuring blood pressure, intracranial pressure, intrauterine pressure, pulmonary artery pressures, and other intravascular or intracomparmental pressures.

2003008, May 1, 2003

Oct 29, 2001

10/021132

Donald Bobo - Santa Ana CA, US

A61B018/18, A61N001/30, A61M037/00, A61M025/04, A61M005/142, A61M005/158

604/020000, 606/007000, 606/015000, 606/016000, 606/013000, 606/017000, 604/068000, 604/117000, 604/131000, 604/150000, 604/159000, 604/264000

A system for delivering medicaments to tissue including a delivery member and an optical fiber formed together into a unitary structure. The optical fiber has an inlet attached to a laser energy source and an outlet for emitting laser energy. The delivery member has an inlet attached to a medicament source and an outlet for injecting medicament. A handpiece is adapted to receive the ablating and injecting device in a controlled and movable relationship and may include at least one tissue stabilizing member thereon. In use, the distal end of the handpiece is placed against tissue to be ablated. The optical fiber is advanced into the tissue while emitting laser energy thereby ablating the tissue and forming a channel therein. During retraction, medicament may be injected into the channel or into the tissue surrounding the channel.

2010003, Feb 4, 2010

Aug 1, 2008

12/221450

Donald E. Bobo - Santa Ana CA, US
Stanton Rowe - Newport beach CA, US
Michael Popp - Orange CA, US
Seung Yi - Aliso Viejo CA, US

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation - Irvine CA

A61F 2/24, A61B 19/00

623 236, 623 238, 128898

Devices and methods for reshaping a mitral valve annulus are provided. One device according to the invention is configured for deployment in the right atrium and is shaped to apply a force along the atrial septum. The device causes the atrial septum to deform and push the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve in a posterior direction for reducing mitral valve regurgitation. Another embodiment of a device is deployed in the left ventricular outflow tract at a location adjacent the aortic valve. The device may be expandable for urging the anterior leaflet toward the posterior leaflet. Another embodiment of the device includes a first anchor, a second anchor, and a bridge, with the bridge having sufficient length to reach from the coronary sinus to the right atrium and/or superior or inferior vena cava. In a further embodiment a device includes a middle anchor positioned on the bridge between the distal and proximal anchors.

4493706, Jan 15, 1985

Aug 12, 1982

6/407440

Alexander S. Borsanyi - Newport Beach CA
Donald E. Bobo - Fountain Valley CA

American Hospital Supply Corporation - Evanston IL

A61M 500

604153

A linear peristaltic pump, and a disposable casette therefor, particularly suitable for the infusion of parenteral fluids. The pump includes a housing having a power-driven shaft and a series of small bearing assemblies having their inner members eccentrically mounted upon that shaft. A thin elastomeric membrane extends along the series of bearing assemblies for engagement with the outer members thereof along a first band or linear zone of contact lying in the same plane as the axis of the shaft. The disposable casette is removably supported by the housing and takes the form of a rigid, planar, perimetric frame having an opening across which is stretched a section of elastomeric tubing. Locators provided by the housing and frame orient the casette with the axis of the tubing in the same plane as the first band of contact and the axis of the shaft, and a platen provided by the housing engages the section of elastomeric tubing that bridges the opening of the frame to urge that section into engagement with the opposite side of the membrane along a second band or linear zone of contact parallel with the first band of contact. The casette may include tubular extensions and connectors for connecting opposite ends of the section of elastomeric tubing to a source of fluid and to a patient.

2007003, Feb 15, 2007

Aug 11, 2006

11/502879

Donald Bobo - Santa Ana CA, US
George Bakis - La Habra Heights CA, US
Minh Ma - Santa Ana CA, US

A61F 2/24

623002360, 606151000

An improved medical implant for treating mitral regurgitation is provided. The medical implant comprises proximal and distal anchors connected by a bridge. The medical implant is configured to be delivered into a coronary sinus using a minimally invasive procedure. The bridge is preferably made of a shape memory material which is biased to contract after the implant is delivered. The medical implant further comprises a reinforcement mechanism configured to limit stresses and strains along the length of the bridge. In a preferred embodiment, the reinforcement mechanism is fixed to a plurality of attachment points along the bridge, thereby preventing excessive elongation between any two attachment points. A resorbable material is preferably disposed within gaps along the length of the bridge to temporarily maintain the bridge in an elongated condition. After the proximal and distal anchors are secured in the coronary sinus, the resorbable material gradually resorbs, thereby creating tension in the bridge which applies a force along the mitral valve annulus. The reinforcement mechanism ensures that stresses and strains and distributed evenly while the bridge is in tension.

4756706, Jul 12, 1988

Jan 21, 1986

6/821153

Ralph M. Kerns - Laguna Hills CA
Bernardino Rubalcaba - Laguna Beach CA
Donald E. Bobo - Fountain Valley CA
Kenneth W. Rake - Laguna Niguel CA
Robert R. Weyant - Claremont CA

American Hospital Supply Corporation - Evanston IL

A61M 516

604 66

A plurality of infusion pump modules are detachably connected to a portable central management unit. The modules can be programmed by the central management unit, and their operating information displayed by the central management unit, when they are connected to it; yet the modules, once programmed, can operate independently when detached from the central mangagement unit, and they can display limited operational information on their own.

2004011, Jun 17, 2004

Oct 3, 2003

10/678525

Michael Forman - Vadnais Heights MN, US
Donald Bobo - Santa Ana CA, US

A61M005/32, A61M029/00

604/174000, 604/104000, 604/101010

A catheter and a method for using the catheter for site specific delivery of agents to or collecting agents from biological spaces. The catheter includes an inner shaft longitudinally movable within and outer shaft, each shaft having at least one balloon and at least one lumen formed therein. The catheter prevents leaking through a membrane by sealing the tip passageway through the membrane with inflatable balloons on either side of the membrane. Further, the inflated balloons secure the position of the catheter relative to the biological membrane and biological space targeted for therapy or diagnosis.

2008027, Nov 6, 2008

Dec 20, 2007

11/961897

David Robbins Asbury - Lake Elsinore CA, US
Donald Eugene Bobo - Fountain Valley CA, US

A61M 25/00

604113

A preferred embodiment includes an MRI compatible catheter that maintains a desired temperature during an MRI procedure. Specifically, the catheter includes a lumen containing sensor wire that is surrounded by an insulating material. This material limits the transfer of heat to the outside of the catheter as the sensor wire heats during an MRI procedure.

2003003, Feb 20, 2003

Dec 19, 2000

09/741544

Michael Forman - Vadnais Heights MN, US
Donald Bobo - Santa Ana CA, US

A61M037/00

604/093010

A catheter and a method for using the catheter for site specific delivery of agents to or collecting agents from biological spaces. The catheter includes an inner shaft longitudinally movable within and outer shaft, each shaft having at least one balloon and at least one lumen formed therein. The catheter prevents leaking through a membrane by sealing the tip passageway through the membrane with inflatable balloons on either side of the membrane. Further, the inflated balloons secure the position of the catheter relative to the biological membrane and biological space targeted for therapy or diagnosis.