Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and devices for papillary suturing
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Application No.: US16646126Application Date: 2018-09-10
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Publication No.: US11591554B2Publication Date: 2023-02-28
- Inventor: Anthony A. Nobles
- Applicant: HeartStitch, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Fountain Valley
- Assignee: HeartStitch, Inc.
- Current Assignee: HeartStitch, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Fountain Valley
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2018/050210 WO 20180910
- International Announcement: WO2019/051379 WO 20190314
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61B17/062 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/06 ; C12H1/00 ; C12N9/06 ; C12N9/02 ; C12N9/78
Abstract:
A minimally invasive device and method for suturing papillary muscles includes drawing a suture through a first papillary muscle using a needle, drawing the suture through a second papillary muscle, and tightening the suture to move at least one of the first papillary muscle and the second papillary muscle towards the other of the first papillary muscle and the second papillary muscle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200268373A1 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PAPILLARY SUTURING Public/Granted day:2020-08-27
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