DR. HOWARD ROBERT LEVIN, MD
Osteopathic Medicine at Pomander Walk, Teaneck, NJ

6282445, Aug 28, 2001

Oct 14, 1999

9/417812

Robert W. Reinhardt - Fort Salonga NY
Howard R. Levin - Teaneck NJ
William A. Easterbrook - Washington Township NJ
Michael Guttman - Rockville MD

Cardio Technologies, Inc. - Pine Brook NJ

A61N 139

607 3

A cardiac support system includes a ventricular assist device adapted to be extended over a portion of a patient's heart to assist the ventricles of the heart to properly contract. One or more stimulating electrodes are mounted on the ventricular assist device in selected locations such that when the ventricular assist device is extended over the heart, the stimulation electrodes are in close proximity to the surface of the heart. The system further includes one or more external pick-up electrodes that receive externally applied energy and conduct that energy to the one or more stimulating electrodes via conductive leads. The external pick-up electrodes may be mounted on the outer surface of the ventricular assist device, or can be located at some other location inside the patient's body. The externally-applied energy will typically be supplied by standard defibrillation paddles located outside of the patient's body. In place of the pick-up electrodes, the stimulating electrodes can be wired directly to, respectively, a source of electrical energy and a ground plate.

2012014, Jun 7, 2012

Feb 10, 2012

13/370690

MEHMET C. OZ - Cliffside Park NJ, US
Gerald M. Lemole - Huntingdon Valley CT, US
Alan Lotvin - Upper Saddle River NJ, US
Juan P. Umana - New York NY, US
William Allen - Stratford CT, US
Howard P. Levin - Teaneck NJ, US

THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK - New York NY

A61B 17/10

606142

An apparatus for the repair of a cardiovascular valve has leaflets comprising a grasper capable of grabbing and co-apting the leaflets of the valve. In a preferred embodiment, the grasper has jaws that grasp and immobilize the leaflets, and then a fastener is inserted to co-apt the leaflets. The apparatus is particularly useful for repairing mitral valves to cure mitral regurgitation.

2012014, Jun 7, 2012

Feb 10, 2012

13/371285

Denise Demarais - Saratoga CA, US
Hanson Gifford, III - Woodside CA, US
Mark Deem - Mountain View CA, US
Howard R. Levin - Teaneck NJ, US
Mark Gelfand - New York NY, US
Nicolas Zadno - Fremont CA, US

Ardian, Inc. - Mountain View CA

A61B 18/00, A61N 1/36

606 41, 607 2, 607 72

Methods and apparatus are provided for monopolar neuromodulation, e.g., via a pulsed electric field. Such monopolar neuromodulation may effectuate irreversible electroporation or electrofusion, necrosis and/or inducement of apoptosis, alteration of gene expression, action potential attenuation or blockade, changes in cytokine up-regulation and other conditions in target neural fibers. In some embodiments, monopolar neuromodulation is applied to neural fibers that contribute to renal function. In some embodiments, such monopolar neuromodulation is performed bilaterally.

2013001, Jan 10, 2013

Sep 14, 2012

13/617994

Howard R. Levin - Teaneck NJ, US
Mark Gelfand - New York NY, US

Ardian, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

A61N 1/36

607 44, 607 62

A method and apparatus for treatment of heart failure, hypertension and renal failure by stimulating the renal nerve. The goal of therapy is to reduce sympathetic activity of the renal nerve. Therapy is accomplished by at least partially blocking the nerve with drug infusion or electrostimulation. Apparatus can be permanently implanted or catheter based.

2008020, Aug 28, 2008

Jan 18, 2008

12/009352

Mark Gelfand - New York NY, US
Howard R. Levin - Teaneck NJ, US

A61N 1/05

607 42

The present invention is related to an implantable medical device for treating breathing disorders and cardiac disorders by delivering stimulation energy to the phrenic nerve, hypoglossal nerves and cardiac muscle tissues.

2010022, Sep 2, 2010

May 11, 2010

12/777995

Denise Demarais - Saratoga CA, US
Nicolas Zadno - Fremont CA, US
Benjamin J. Clark - Redwood City CA, US
Erik Thai - San Jose CA, US
Howard R. Levin - Teaneck NJ, US
Mark Gelfand - New York NY, US

Ardian, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

A61F 7/12, A61F 7/00, A61M 5/32

607 99, 607113, 607105, 604272

Methods and apparatus are provided for thermally-induced renal neuromodulation. Thermally-induced renal neuromodulation may be achieved via direct and/or via indirect application of thermal energy to heat or cool neural fibers that contribute to renal function, or of vascular structures that feed or perfuse the neural fibers. In some embodiments, parameters of the neural fibers, of non-target tissue, or of the thermal energy delivery element, may be monitored via one or more sensors for controlling the thermally-induced neuromodulation. In some embodiments, protective elements may be provided to reduce a degree of thermal damage induced in the non-target tissues.

6296605, Oct 2, 2001

Jun 24, 1999

9/344209

Paul C. Michelman - New York NY
R. Mitchell Baldwin - Grand Rapids MI
Howard R. Levin - Teaneck NJ

Paramount Capital Investments, LLC - New York NY

A61M 110

600 16

A high pressure inflation system for driving an inflatable heart assistance device. The system includes a fluid source for supplying a fluid at a relatively high pressure and a compression tank plumbed in selective communication with the pneumatic source. The compression tank is operative to store a predetermined volume of the pressurized fluid at approximately the high pressure created by the fluid source. A transfer valve is disposed downstream of the compression tank and is coupled to the heart assistance device. The compression tank and transfer valve are maintained in close proximal relation to the heart assistance device with the transfer valve being responsive to predetermined signals to expose the heart assistance device to the compression tank pressure and expand the device to compress and assist the heart.

2013031, Nov 21, 2013

Apr 24, 2013

13/869765

Mark Gelfand - New York NY, US
Howard Levin - Teaneck NJ, US
Charles Lennox - Hudson NH, US
Marat Fudim - Duesseldorf, DE
Zoar Jacob Engelman - Salt Lake City UT, US
Martin M. Grasse - Boston MA, US
Mark S. Leung - Shawnigan Lake, CA
Brett Schleicher - New York NY, US

A61B 18/14, A61B 18/18

606 33, 606 41, 606 34

Systems, devices, and methods for treating a patient having a sympathetically mediated disease associated at least in part with augmented peripheral chemoreflex or heightened sympathetic activation. The treatments include ablating one or more peripheral chemoreceptors or associated afferent nerves to reduce or remove afferent neural signals from the peripheral chemoreceptor.

2014008, Mar 20, 2014

Oct 17, 2013

14/056888

Mark E. Deem - Mountain View CA, US
Hanson Gifford, III - Woodside CA, US
Denise Zarins - Saratoga CA, US
Douglas Sutton - Pacifica CA, US
Erik Thai - San Jose CA, US
Mark Gelfand - New York NY, US
Howard R. Levin - Teaneck NJ, US

Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l. - Luxembourg

A61B 18/18

606 33

Methods and apparatus are provided for renal neuromodulation using a pulsed electric field to effectuate electroporation or electrofusion. It is expected that renal neuromodulation (e.g., denervation) may, among other things, reduce expansion of an acute myocardial infarction, reduce or prevent the onset of morphological changes that are affiliated with congestive heart failure, and/or be efficacious in the treatment of end stage renal disease. Embodiments of the present invention are configured for percutaneous intravascular delivery of pulsed electric fields to achieve such neuromodulation.

7617005, Nov 10, 2009

Aug 14, 2006

11/504117

Denise Demarais - Los Gatos CA, US
Nicolas Zadno - Fremont CA, US
Benjamin J. Clark - Redwood City CA, US
Erik Thai - San Jose CA, US
Howard R. Levin - Teaneck NJ, US
Mark Gelfand - New York NY, US

Ardian, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

A61N 1/00

607116, 607 44, 607 96, 600547

Methods and apparatus are provided for thermally-induced renal neuromodulation. Thermally-induced renal neuromodulation may be achieved via direct and/or via indirect application of thermal energy to heat or cool neural fibers that contribute to renal function, or of vascular structures that feed or perfuse the neural fibers. In some embodiments, parameters of the neural fibers, of non-target tissue, or of the thermal energy delivery element, may be monitored via one or more sensors for controlling the thermally-induced neuromodulation. In some embodiments, protective elements may be provided to reduce a degree of thermal damage induced in the non-target tissues.