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Native valve repair devices and procedures

US10123873B1 · kind B1 · utility

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113References

27Claims

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Assignee

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION · US

Inventors

Asher L. Metchik · Hawthorne, US
Gregory Scott Tyler, II · Winston-Salem, US
Matthew T. Winston · Aliso Viejo, US
Sergio Delgado · Irvine, US
Lauren R. Freschauf · Mission Viejo, US
Eric Robert Dixon · Villa Park, US
Alexander J. Siegel · Irvine, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 9, 2018
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 9, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2230/0013
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system for implanting a repair device onto a native valve of a natural heart to repairing the native valve of a patient during a non-open-heart procedure. The system includes a pair of paddles and a pair of gripping members. The paddles are moveable between an open position and a closed position. The gripping members can have different configurations for effective attachment and release from the native valve of the patient.

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