Device for suture attachment for minimally invasive heart valve repair
US10966709B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 9, 2019 |
| Grant date | Apr 6, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2090/306
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed herein are minimally invasive systems and methods for intravascularly accessing the heart and performing a transcatheter repair of a heart valve by inserting a suture as an artificial chordae into a heart valve leaflet. In various embodiments, such systems and methods can be employed in other heart valve repair procedures such an edge to edge repair to coapt leaflets by inserting one or more sutures that retain the leaflets in a coapted positioned or inserting a suture to repair a tear in a leaflet, for example.
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