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- Patent Title: Devices and methods for heart valve repair
- Patent Title (中): 心脏瓣膜修复的装置和方法
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Application No.: US12132161Application Date: 2008-06-03
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Publication No.: US08641727B2Publication Date: 2014-02-04
- Inventor: Niel F. Starksen , John To
- Applicant: Niel F. Starksen , John To
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Guided Delivery Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Guided Delivery Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/10
- IPC: A61B17/10 ; A61F2/24

Abstract:
Devices and methods provide enhanced treatment of a cardiac valve annulus. Methods generally involve contacting an anchor delivery device with the valve annulus and releasing a plurality of coupled anchors from the anchor delivery device to secure the anchors to the annulus. Anchors, which in some embodiments are super-elastic or shape memory self-securing anchors, are then drawn together to tighten the annulus. Devices generally include an elongate catheter having a housing at or near the distal end for releasably housing a plurality of coupled anchors. The housing may be flexible, may conform to a valve annulus, and in some embodiments may be coupled with an expandable member to enhance contact of the housing with annular tissue. In one embodiment, self-securing anchors lie approximately flat within the delivery device housing, allowing anchors with relatively large deployed shapes to be housed in and deployed from a relatively narrow delivery device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080234728A1 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR HEART VALVE REPAIR Public/Granted day:2008-09-25
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