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Heart valve sealing devices and delivery devices therefor

US10918482B2 · kind B2 · utility

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208References

29Claims

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Assignee

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION · US

Inventors

Sergio Delgado · Irvine, US
Eric Robert Dixon · Villa Park, US
David M. Taylor · Lake Forest, US
Asher L. Metchik · Hawthorne, US
Matthew T. Winston · Aliso Viejo, US
Sam Sok · Santa Ana, US
Gregory Scott Tyler, II · Winston-Salem, US
Lauren R. Freschauf · Mission Viejo, US
Alexander J. Siegel · Irvine, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 29, 2018
Grant date	Feb 16, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 27, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2250/0069
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An exemplary recapturable valve repair system for repairing a native valve of a patient during a non-open heart procedure has a delivery device, a valve repair device, and a tethering line. The delivery device has a catheter and a coupler. The valve repair device is configured to be delivered through the catheter and attach to a native valve of a patient. The valve repair device includes a coaption element, a proximal collar, and first and second paddles. The first and second paddles are connected to the coaption element. The coupler is releasably connected to the proximal collar. The tethering line connects the valve repair device to the delivery device for recapturing the valve repair device.

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