Evalve, Inc.

Sylvia Wen Chin Fan

Eric A Goldfarb

Kent D Dell

Ferolyn T Powell

Jaime Eduardo Sarabia

Jan Komtebedde

Alfred H Raschdorf

Alfred H Raschdorf, Jr

Larry B Rogers

Sylvester Lucatero

Sandra Saenz

The invention provides devices, systems and methods for tissue approximation and repair at treatment sites. The devices, systems and methods of the invention will find use in a variety of therapeutic procedures, including endovascular, minimally-invasive, and open surgical procedures, and can be used in various anatomical regions, including the abdomen, thorax, cardiovascular system, heart, intestinal tract, stomach, urinary tract, bladder, lung, and other organs, vessels, and tissues. The invention is particularly useful in those procedures requiring minimally-invasive or endovascular access to remote tissue locations, where the instruments utilized must negotiate long, narrow, and tortuous pathways to the treatment site. In addition, many of the devices and systems of the invention are adapted to be reversible and removable from the patient at any point without interference with or trauma to internal tissues.

Fixation devices, systems and methods for engaging tissue

Fixation device and methods for engaging tissue

Devices, systems, methods and kits are provided for delivering interventional devices to a target location with a body. Such interventional devices particularly include fixation devices or any devices which approximate tissue, such as valve leaflets. The delivery devices and systems direct the interventional device to the target location through a minimally invasive approach, such as through the patient's vasculature, and provide for manipulation of the interventional device at the target location, such as to approximate tissue. Optionally, the delivery devices and systems may provide for decoupling of the interventional device, allowing the interventional device to be left behind as an implant.

Fixation device delivery catheter, systems and methods of use

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Sylvia Wen Chin Fan