Native valve repair devices and procedures

US10136993B1 · kind B1 · utility

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 27, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 9, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2250/0065
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for implanting a repair device onto a native valve of a natural heart to repair the native valve of a patient during a non-open-heart procedure. The system includes a surgical delivery instrument and a valve repair device. The surgical delivery instrument has at least one lumen. The valve repair device is configured to be delivered through the lumen of the surgical delivery instrument and to be attached to a native valve of a patient. The valve repair device includes a pair of paddles and a pair of gripping members. The paddles are movable between an open position and a closed position, and the paddles are configured to flex upon being attached to the native valve of a patient. The paddles and the gripping members are configured to attach to the native valve of the patient.