Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Devices and methods for percutaneous tricuspid valve repair
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Application No.: US14190732Application Date: 2014-02-26
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Publication No.: US09724084B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Adam Groothuis , Steven Cahalane , Richard Morrill , John Alexander
- Applicant: Mitralign, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Tewksbury
- Assignee: MITRALIGN, INC.
- Current Assignee: MITRALIGN, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Tewksbury
- Agency: Leason Ellis LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
The present teachings provide devices and methods of treating a tricuspid valve regurgitation. Specifically, one aspect of the present teachings provides devices and methods of identifying a suitable location on the tricuspid annulus, another aspect of the present teachings provides devices and methods of placing a wire across the tricuspid annulus at such an identified location, another aspect of the present teachings provides devices and methods of deploying a tissue anchor across such an identified location, and yet another aspect of the present teachings provides devices and methods of applying tension to two or more of such tissue anchors and reducing the circumference of the tricuspid annulus. As a result, a regurgitation jet is reduced or eliminated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140243894A1 Devices and Methods for Percutaneous Tricuspid Valve Repair Public/Granted day:2014-08-28
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