CardioMend LLC

Reconstruction of aortic and pulmonary heart valves by using the patient’s own pericardium and the company’s disposable surgical instruments

Jack W. Love founded CarioMend in 1995. CardioMend has offices in St. Louis, Missouri and Glasgow, Scotland. First clinical use of CardioMend’s products was performed in February 2003. CardioMend has entered into a distribution agreement with Cardio Life Research, Brussels, for the clinical introduction and marketing of its products in Europe. CardioMend has obtained the CE Mark for its products and also has FDA approval in the U.S.

Jack W. Love, MD, CSO, CEO
Richard M. Love, , VP for Operations
George F.C. Love, , VP for Business and Legal Affairs

785 Carosam Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
USA

The company is focused on heart valve technology involving disposable surgical instruments. The AccuMend SL is a kit of disposable instruments that enables stentless aortic valve reconstruction using autologous pericardium.

The following section contains a selection of the company’s most relevant patents. For comprehensive patent information please refer to the espacenet databases.