Dr. Klatz is the inventor, developer, or administrator of 100-plus scientific patents
WORLDWIDE MEDICAL PATENTS
#5,149,321 Brain Resuscitation Device and Method for Performing the Same; Issued: 9/22/92
#637,694 Brain Resuscitation Device and Method for Performing the Same; Issued in Australia
#2,043,131 Brain Resuscitation Device and Method for Performing the Same; Issued in Canada
#0516777 Brain Resuscitation Device and Method for Performing the Same; Issued in Germany, France, Great Britain and Switzerland
#5,234,405 Brain Resuscitation Device and Method for Performing the Same (Divisional); Issued: 8/10/93
#5,261,399 Brain Cooling Device and Method for Performing the Same; Issued: 11/16/93
# 666,314 Brain Cooling Device and Method for Performing the Same; Issued in Australia
#5,395,314 Brain Resuscitation & Organ Preservation Device & Method for Performing the Same (CIP); Issued: 5/7/95
#5,584,804 Brain Resuscitation and Organ Preservation Device & Method for Performing the Same (CIP); Issued: 12/17/96
#5,709,654 Apparatus for Cooling Living Tissue; Issued: 1/20/98
#5,752,929 Method of Preserving Organs Other Than Brain; Issued: 5/19/98
#5,827,222 Method of Treating at Least One of Brain and Associated Nervous Tissue Injury; Issued: 10/27/98
#5,913,885 Brain Cooling Device and Method for Cooling (Continuation); Issued: 6/22/99
#RE36,460 Method for Providing Circulation via Lung Expansion and Deflation Issued: 12/21/99
#6,030,412 Apparatus and Method for Cooling the Brain, Brain Stem and Associated Neurologic Tissues (CIP); Issued: 2/29/00
#39,026 Apparatus and Method for Cooling the Brain, Brain Stem and Associated Neurologic Tissues (CIP); Issued in Germany, France, Great Britain and Switzerland
allowed
patent pending
Apparatus and Method for Cooling the Brain, Brain Stem and Associated Neurologic
Tissues (CIP); Issued in Singapore
patent pending
Apparatus and Method for Cooling the Brain, Brain Stem and Associated
Neurologic Tissues (CIP); Canada
patent pending
Apparatus and Method for Cooling the Brain, Brain Stem and Associated
Neurologic Tissues (CIP); Japan
#6,277,143 Brain Cooling Device and Method for Cooling (CIP); Issued: 8/21/01
Docket #36622C (CA) & (EP) Brain Cooling Device and Method for Cooling (CIP) in Canada & Europe
The originator of the concept for brain resuscitation,
Dr. Klatz was awarded the Gold Medal in Science for Brain Resuscitation Technology (1993) and the
Grand Prize in Medicine for Brain Cooling Technology (1994).
In addition, Dr. Klatz has been named as a Top 10 Medical Innovator in Biomedical Technology (1997)
by the National Institute of Electromedical Information, and received the Ground Breaker Award in Health Care (1999) with Presidential Acknowledgment by US
President William Jefferson Clinton from Transitional Services of New York.
Dr. Klatz is co-founder of Organ RecoverySystems, a company that develops technologies to improve the quality and quantity of organs for transplantation.
Organ Recovery Systems markets LifePort, a family of devices that significantly improves the viability of
organs ex vivo. Recognized for excellence in design by various organizations including Popular Science,
the LifePort Kidney Transporter is now in routine use worldwide. The device is responsible for more than 3,000 successful kidney transplants to-date, and
LifePort technology is now being developed for application for human heart and liver transplants.
