Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Connected anchor delivery systems and methods for valve repair
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Application No.: US17093955Application Date: 2020-11-10
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Publication No.: US12082802B2Publication Date: 2024-09-10
- Inventor: James P. Rohl , Katherine L. Baldwin , James K. Cawthra, Jr. , Dennis B. Werner , William C. Stoffregen , Daniel Shuey , Leo H. Ihlberg , Richard C. Daly , Joseph A. Dearani
- Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. , Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.,Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.,Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove; US MN Rochester
- Agency: Seager, Tufte & Wickhem, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/122
- IPC: A61B17/122 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/04 ; A61F2/24

Abstract:
Anchor delivery systems and methods for repairing a valve inside a body, such as an atrioventricular valve, may include an anchor delivery device including a sheath for at least partially retaining an anchor in a collapsed form. The anchor delivery device may be configured to deliver the anchor to the atrioventricular valve. The anchor and an adjacent anchor may be connectable to each other in an expanded form, to link a series of anchors implanted at least partially around the atrioventricular valve. In some embodiments, the anchors may be connectable by a connecting member, such as a pledget, or a material disposable on a bulb of the anchor. In other embodiments, a bulb of the anchor and a bulb of the adjacent anchor may be configured to be directly interlocked.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210052266A1 CONNECTED ANCHOR DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALVE REPAIR Public/Granted day:2021-02-25
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