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Heart valve repair

US11583401B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

Medtronic Vascular, Inc. · US

Inventors

Michael Gloss · Minneapolis, US
Caitlin Dorff · Santa Rosa, US
Fatemeh Fatemi Far · Santa Rosa, US
Emily Grimm · Petaluma, US
Matthew E. Genovese · Windsor, US
Olivia P. Metcalf · Santa Rosa, US
Karan Punga · Santa Rosa, US
Eric Pierce · Mission Viejo, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 11, 2019
Grant date	Feb 21, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 22, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2220/0016
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An example medical system includes a medical device configured to join the edges of the leaflets together, an elongate body configured to be navigated through vasculature to a heart valve of patient, and a plurality of tissue engagement devices extending from a distal end of the elongate body, each tissue engagement device comprising at least one clamp configured to capture leaflets of the heart valve.

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