Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Valvuloplasty device
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Application No.: US15006177Application Date: 2016-01-26
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Publication No.: US09827096B2Publication Date: 2017-11-28
- Inventor: Jan Weber , Aiden Flanagan
- Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Seager, Tufte & Wickhem LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/22
- IPC: A61B17/22 ; A61F2/24 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
The disclosure pertains to valvuloplasty devices which include a first outer shaft, a second inner shaft, a plurality of elongate members disposed therebetween and adapted to be expanded radially by relative motion between the first outer shaft and second inner shaft and a circumferential member disposed about the central portions of the plurality of elongate members, wherein the circumferential member is urged by radial expansion of the plurality of elongate members to contact the valve to be treated thereby effecting a valvuloplasty and methods of use therefor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160135949A1 VALVULOPLASTY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-05-19
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