Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Johns Hopkins University

Joseph A Walters

George L Coles

Umang Anand

Dennis Werner

Kalyna Sconzert

Reggie Roth

Timothy P Harrigan

Jason Kilvington

James Cawthra

James Duncan Beaty

Ramji Rengarajan

Tom Jancaric

Keith Bulkin

Kenton J Zehr

Victor San Hou Yu

Todd Christopher Crawford

A buoy system for treating cardiac valve regurgitation comprising a movable plug having atrial and ventricular ends, wherein a through-hole passes from the atrial to the ventricular end, wherein during systole, the plug travels toward a cardiac atrium, wherein during diastole, the plug travels into a cardiac ventricle; a tether having atrial and ventricular ends, wherein the tether passes through the through-hole of the moving plug, wherein the atrial end of the tether projects into an atrium, wherein the atrial end of the tether includes a cap to engage a delivery tool; at least one distal anchor located in the ventricle, wherein the distal anchor is coupled to the ventricular end of the tether, and wherein the system is percutaneously delivered and optionally recaptured via catheter and recapture tool at the cap of the tether, respectively.

Systems and methods of treating malfunctioning cardiac valves

Growing community of inventors

Aberdeen, MD, United States of America

Joseph A Walters