Patent · US Active

Minimally invasive procedure for implanting an annuloplasty device

US7699892B2 · kind B2 · utility

231Cited by

25References

5Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Medtronic Vascular, Inc. · US

Inventors

Nasser Rafiee · Andover, US
Nareak Douk · Lowell, US
Eliot Bloom · Hopkinton, US
Michael Finney · San Francisco, US
Morgan House · Newfields, US
Rany Huynh · Boston, US
Stuart Mac Donald · Haverhill, US
Juan-Pablo Mas · Indianapolis, US
David Barone · Lexington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 12, 2007
Grant date	Apr 20, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 3, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2/2448
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for modifying a heart valve annulus includes placing a purse string suture at a puncture site adjacent a heart valve, inserting at least one delivery member through the puncture site, positioning a distal end of the at least one delivery member adjacent a portion of a valve annulus, deploying an annuloplasty device carried within the at least one delivery member and implanting the annuloplasty device into the valve annulus. The method also includes reshaping the heart valve annulus after implantation of the at least one annuloplasty device.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.