Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Percutaneous transcatheter repair of heart valves
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Application No.: US13935193Application Date: 2013-07-03
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Publication No.: US09433503B2Publication Date: 2016-09-06
- Inventor: Ross Tsukashima , Samuel M. Shaolian , Maurice Buchbinder , Brian C. Gray , Victor S. Packham , Hung H. Cao
- Applicant: ValCare, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Valcare, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Valcare, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: Pepper Hamilton LLP
- Main IPC: A61F2/24
- IPC: A61F2/24

Abstract:
Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for repairing heart valves through percutaneous transcatheter delivery and fixation of annuloplasty rings to heart valves. An annuloplasty ring includes an outer hollow member including a plurality of segments. Adjacent segments cooperate with one another to change the outer hollow member from an elongate insertion geometry to an annular operable geometry. The annuloplasty ring also includes an internal anchor member located at least partially within the outer hollow member. The internal anchor member includes a plurality of anchors configured to attach the annuloplasty ring to tissue of a heart valve annulus. The internal anchor member is configured to move the plurality of anchors with respect to a plurality of windows in the outer hollow member to selectively deploy the plurality of anchors through the respective windows.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130289718A1 PERCUTANEOUS TRANSCATHETER REPAIR OF HEART VALVES Public/Granted day:2013-10-31
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