The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.

Children's Medical Center Corporation

Children's Hospital Boston

Haruo Yamauchi

Pedro J Del Nido

Nikolay V Vasilyev

Jeffrey Michael Karp

Yuhan Lee

Veaceslav Arabagi

Peter E Hammer

Eoin D O'Cearbhaill

Douglas P Perrin

Eric N Feins

Eoin O'Cearbhaill

Maria Jose M Nunes Pereira

An implantable, autonomously growing medical device is disclosed. The device may have an outer, braided outer element that holds an inner core. Degradation and/or softening of the inner core permits the outer element to elongate, allowing the device to grow with surrounding tissue. The growth profile of the medical device can be controlled by altering the shape/material/cure conditions of the inner core, as well as the geometry of the out element.

Autonomously growing implantable device

An implantable, autonomously growing medical device is disclosed. The device may have an outer, braided outer element that holds an inner core. Degradation and/or softening of the inner core permits the outer element to elongate, allowing the device to grow with surrounding tissue. The growth profile of the medical device can be controlled by altering the shape/material/cure conditions of the inner core, as well as the geometry of the outer element.

A device for treating tricuspid regurgitation includes a shaft and a first fixation mechanism disposed on a distal end of the shaft. The first fixation mechanism is configured to anchor the device to a first cardiac tissue. The device includes a second fixation mechanism disposed on a proximal end of the shaft. The second fixation mechanism is configured to anchor the device to a second cardiac tissue. The device includes an approximation mechanism connecting the first fixation mechanism and the second fixation mechanism, wherein the approximation mechanism causes the second fixation mechanism to move along the shaft toward the first fixation mechanism to approximate the first cardiac tissue and the second cardiac tissue.

Right ventricular papillary approximation

Growing community of inventors

Tokyo, Japan

Haruo Yamauchi