Heart valve sealing devices and delivery devices therefor

US10517726B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Mark Chau · Aliso Viejo, US
• David M. Taylor · Lake Forest, US
• Alexander J. Siegel · Irvine, US
• Christopher J. Olson · Aliso Viejo, US
• Sergio Delgado · Irvine, US
• Alexander H. Cooper · Brooks Road, US
• Lauren R. Freschauf · Mission Viejo, US
• Asher L. Metchik · Hawthorne, US
• Matthew T. Winston · Aliso Viejo, US
• Cristobal R. Hernandez · Santa Ana, US
• Emil Karapetian · Brooks Road, US
• Bao Khuu · Irvine, US
• Eric Robert Dixon · Villa Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 13, 2016
• Grant date: Dec 31, 2019
• Expiry date: Jul 15, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2310/00023
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In one representative embodiment, an implantable prosthetic device comprises a spacer body portion configured to be disposed between native leaflets of a heart, and an anchor portion configured to secure the native leaflets against the spacer body portion, wherein the prosthetic device is movable between a compressed configuration, in which the spacer body portion is radially compressed and is axially spaced relative to the anchor portion, and an expanded configuration, in which the spacer body portion expands radially outwardly relative to the compressed configuration and overlaps at least a portion of the anchor portion.