Rodolfo S Rodriguez

US Patent:

7610089, Oct 27, 2009

Filed:

Feb 21, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/677536

Inventors:

Rodolfo Rodriguez - Santa Monica CA, US
Annapurna Karicherla - Valencia CA, US

Assignee:

Pacesetter, Inc. - Sylmar CA

International Classification:

A61N 1/365

US Classification:

607 19, 310317, 310338, 310331, 7350404

Abstract:

Embodiments include strain sensor devices for detecting movement, morphological changes or other physical parameters within a patient's body tissue. Some embodiments are directed specifically to measuring parameters within a patient's heart and may also be configured to communicate with an implantable stimulation device and associated external programming device.

US Patent:

8585398, Nov 19, 2013

Filed:

Aug 13, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/540627

Inventors:

Jonathan Yeh - Diamond Bar CA, US
Rodolfo Rodriguez - Mira Loma CA, US
Farrokh Farzin-Nia - Inglewood CA, US

Assignee:

Ormco Corporation - Orange CA

International Classification:

A61C 3/00

US Classification:

433 10, 433 13

Abstract:

An orthodontic bracket for coupling an archwire with a tooth includes a bracket body that has an archwire slot adapted to receive the archwire. A movable member is engaged with the bracket body and is movable between an opened position and a closed position. The bracket body and movable member are made from a transparent or translucent ceramic for improved aesthetics. The bracket body may include one or more stop surfaces that limit movement of the moveable member in the gingival direction. The bracket body may include a support surface that is positioned lingually of a labial edge of the archwire slot. The moveable member may include a bracket-engaging portion having a first surface confronting the bracket body and a slot-covering portion having a second surface confronting the archwire slot, the first and second surfaces being offset from one another.

US Patent:

8209031, Jun 26, 2012

Filed:

Apr 5, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/696962

Inventors:

Rodolfo Rodriguez - Santa Monica CA, US
Annapurna Karicherla - Valencia CA, US

Assignee:

Pacesetter, Inc. - Sylmar CA

International Classification:

A61N 1/05

US Classification:

607116, 607 17, 607115, 607119

Abstract:

An implantable lead includes a lead body, having a distal end and a proximal end, configured to be implanted in a patient, and a connector provided at the proximal end. A load detection assembly is provided on the lead body, wherein the load detection assembly includes a housing that holds a sensor and a load transfer element. The load transfer element engages the sensor and conveys a force induced on the load transfer element to the sensor. Optionally, the housing may isolate the sensor from lateral forces and the load transfer element may only convey, to the sensor, longitudinal forces that are directed in a predetermined single direction. For example, the load transfer element may only convey, to the sensor, longitudinal forces that are directed perpendicular to a surface of the sensor.

US Patent:

D2486628, Jul 25, 1978

Filed:

Dec 11, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/640103

Inventors:

James G. Bruni - Manhattan Beach CA
George M. Coker - Silver Spring MD
Stephen G. Hauser - Tarzana CA
Keith S. Keith - Topanga CA
Paul Priarone - West Hyattsville MD
Rodolfo R. Rodriguez - Columbia MD

International Classification:

D2401

US Classification:

D24 8

US Patent:

20210145581, May 20, 2021

Filed:

Jan 27, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/159668

Inventors:

- Irvine CA, US
Louis A. Campbell - Santa Ana CA, US
Salvador Marquez - Foothill Ranch CA, US
James R. Yamada - Irvine CA, US
Rodolfo Rodriguez - Costa Mesa CA, US
Da-Yu Chang - Irvine CA, US
Steven M. Ford - Laguna Beach CA, US

International Classification:

A61F 2/24

Abstract:

A minimally-invasive annuloplasty ring for implant at a mitral annulus. The annuloplasty ring has an inner core member with a C-shaped plan view that generally defines an oval with a major axis and a minor axis, and is symmetric about the minor axis. A posterior portion of the core member bisected by the minor axis has a thicker radial dimension than a pair of free end regions terminating on an anterior side of the core member. The radial thickness smoothly transitions between the posterior portion and the end regions. The inner core member may be covered with a fabric, and is a superelastic metal so that it can be straightened out and delivered through an access tube. The curvatures and thicknesses around the core member are selected so that the strain experienced when straightened does not exceed 7-8%.

US Patent:

20200069426, Mar 5, 2020

Filed:

Aug 23, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/549957

Inventors:

- Irvine CA, US
Maria L. Saravia - Irvine CA, US
Adam J. Yestrepsky - Costa Mesa CA, US
Derrick Johnson - Orange CA, US
Rodolfo Rodriguez - Costa Mesa CA, US
Sai Prasad Uppalapati - Plano TX, US
Louis A. Campbell - Santa Ana CA, US

International Classification:

A61F 2/24

Abstract:

Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein are provided for medical treatment, including transcatheter medical treatments and/or for treatment of dilated hearts (e.g., dilated left ventricle) or functional mitral valve regurgitation within a human heart. The systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein may include applying one or more heart splints to the patient's heart to apply pressure to the heart to reshape the heart. Anchors disclosed herein may be utilized in plugs for treating openings in a septum between two chambers of a heart, e.g., ventricular septal defects (VSD), atrial septal defects (ASD), and patent foramen ovale (PFO). In addition, the anchors disclosed herein may be utilized to reshape an annulus of a patient's heart valve, including a tricuspid valve of a patient's heart. The anchors disclosed herein may also be utilized to reposition a heart valve leaflet to reduce heart valve leaflet prolapse.

US Patent:

20170143480, May 25, 2017

Filed:

Jan 10, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/402998

Inventors:

- Irvine CA, US
Rodolfo Rodriguez - Costa Mesa CA, US

International Classification:

A61F 2/24
C23C 14/00
C23C 14/06
C23C 14/02
C23C 14/32
C23C 14/16

Abstract:

An improved heart bioprosthetic device having a metal frame wireform or stent having an outer external surface. The metal frame has a bond layer coating at least a portion of the external surface and a coating layer disposed on at least a portion of the bond layer. The bond layer comprises a metal selected from the group consisting of: chromium, titanium, zirconium, aluminum, platinum, palladium, and niobium. The coating layer is selected from the group consisting of: a metal nitride, a metal oxide, a metal carbide, and combinations thereof. The coating layer may have a thickness of about 10 μm or less and a grain size of about 10 nm to about 15 nm, and may be characterized as polycrystalline with randomly-oriented grains with both cubic and orthorhombic phases. In one embodiment, the bond layer comprises chromium and the coating layer comprises chromium nitride.

US Patent:

20150282929, Oct 8, 2015

Filed:

Apr 2, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/677746

Inventors:

- Irvine CA, US
Rodolfo Rodriguez - Costa Mesa CA, US

International Classification:

A61F 2/24
C23C 14/06
C23C 16/44
C23C 16/34
C23C 14/24
C23C 14/32

Abstract:

An improved heart bioprosthetic device having a metal frame wireform or stent having an outer external surface. The metal frame has a bond layer coating at least a portion of the external surface and a coating layer disposed on at least a portion of the bond layer. The bond layer comprises a metal selected from the group consisting of: chromium, titanium, zirconium, aluminum, platinum, palladium, and niobium. The coating layer is selected from the group consisting of: a metal nitride, a metal oxide, a metal carbide, and combinations thereof. The coating layer may have a thickness of about 10 μm or less and a grain size of about 10 nm to about 15 nm, and may be characterized as polycrystalline with randomly-oriented grains with both cubic and orthorhombic phases. In one embodiment, the bond layer comprises chromium and the coating layer comprises chromium nitride.