Kohler Company

Abbvie Biotechnology Ltd

Neochord, Inc.

Watson Investor Communications, LLC

Abbvie Inc.

Breathe 99 Corporation

Tea Unwrapped LLC

Max Bock-Aronson

Christopher Alan Harris

Benjamin W Marotz

Murali Natarajan

Dan Johnson

Michael J Strege

Peter C Stueckemann

Daryl Edmiston

Jeffrey A Schumacher

Joel T Smith

Tyler Nordmann

Sharathkumar Badiger

Joel Valdez, Jr

Jorge Alberto Treviño Blanco

Brady Hatcher

Randall James Beyreis

Graham Garvin

Robert L Lewis, Jr

Dan Johnston

Eric Krause

Cheryl E Watson

Joél Valdez

Coleman Rollins

Andy Freeman

Randy Beyreis

Ryan Um

Benjamin L Martin

Grayson Paul Newland

Dean Paul Haviland

Todd Matthew Squires

Errin Whitney Gnadinger

Disclosed herein are minimally invasive systems and methods for performing an edge to edge repair of a heart valve on a beating heart of a patient. One or more sutures are inserted into a plurality of leaflets of the heart valve while the heart is beating through a minimally invasive access. The sutures can be threaded through a suture crimp that is advanced to the leaflets. A movable gate on the suture crimp can be actuated to secure the sutures at an appropriate tension to maintain the leaflets in a coapted position.

Minimally invasive heart valve repair in a beating heart

An anchor assembly is configured to implant a cardiac anchor into a heart wall of a patient to anchor a suture configured to extend from a valve leaflet of the heart as an artificial chordae. The anchor assembly can include an anchor hub defining an open interior and a helical coil extending distally from the anchor hub and having a sharpened tip configured to embed the helical coil into the heart wall upon rotation of the helical coil. A spring can be disposed within the open interior of the anchor hub. Compressing the spring distally can create an open space within the open interior of the anchor hub for a suture extending through the anchor hub to slide freely and releasing compression on the spring can cause the spring to expand in a proximal direction to clamp the suture within the open interior of the anchor hub.

Helical cardiac anchors for minimally invasive heart valve repair

A dispenser for dispensing a selected volume of water at a specified temperature. The dispenser includes a source of water at an elevated temperature and a source of water at a lower temperature. An electronic controller determines the volume of water needed from each source in order to arrive at the selected volume and temperature. The dispenser uses a recirculation valve to circulate at least the elevated temperature water in the tank and in the outlet in order to ensure the temperature of the water is as expected throughout the system to achieve the specified temperature.

System and method for dispensing precise temperature controlled hot water

A respirator mask includes a facepiece configured to create a seal with a face of a user and a mask frame coupled with the facepiece. A port assembly is coupled with the mask frame and an inhalation path including a filter, a first valve seat and a first valve member, the filter and first valve member coupled with the first valve seat on opposed sides. An exhalation path includes a second valve seat and a second valve member, the second valve member surrounding the first valve seat.

Respirator mask

Beverage cartridge

Beverage brewer

Medication container

A handle assembly configured to control water flow through a faucet valve. The handle assembly includes an output shaft rotatable about a first axis and configured to be operatively coupled to the valve; an input shaft rotatable about a second axis that is configured substantially transverse to the first axis, the input shaft configured to engage the output shaft to rotate the output shaft upon rotation of the input shaft; a handle coupled to the input shaft and configured to rotate the input shaft upon rotation of the handle about the second axis; and a saddle interconnecting the input shaft and the output shaft. The saddle includes a body having a channel that supports one of the input shaft and the output shaft, and a post extending away from the body and engaging an opening in the other of the input shaft and the output shaft.

Transverse handle assembly for a valve

Timer

A handle assembly for a valve system is provided. The handle assembly includes a first gear coupled to an input shaft, a handle coupled to the input shaft, a second gear coupled to an output shaft and positioned to engage the first gear, and a saddle interconnecting the input shaft and the output shaft.

A handle assembly for a valve system is provided. The handle assembly includes a body defining a cavity, an input shaft at least partially located in the cavity, a handle coupled to the input shaft, and a first gear located in the cavity and coupled to the input shaft. The handle assembly further includes an output shaft at least partially located in the cavity, a second gear coupled to the output shaft and located in the cavity engaging the first gear, and at least one key supported by the body. At least one of the input shaft and the output shaft include a first portion having cross-section that is other than circular, and the first portion selectively engages the at least one key, thereby limiting rotation of the at least one of the input shaft and the output shaft.

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