Devices and methods for treating functional tricuspid valve regurgitation

US9987135B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services · US

Inventors

• Robert J. Lederman · Bethesda, US
• Kanishka Ratnayaka · Bethesda, US
• Toby Rogers · Bethesda, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 13, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 5, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 28, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2220/0016
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed here are devices and methods for treating functional tricuspid valve regurgitation and related conditions. Disclosed devices are adapted for applying force to an area of a patient's heart along or near the atrioventricular groove, and can include a tensioning element configured to be delivered by a flexible member guided through a catheter and positioned generally along or near the atrioventricular groove, and a compression member positionable along the tensioning element and over a desired segment of the atrioventricular groove to develop force to be applied to an adjacent area of the heart by selective tensioning of the tensioning element.