The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Torey Hovest

Robert C Farnan

Jose L Navia

Shengqiang Gao

Samir Kapadia

Daniel J Cantillon

Richard Geoffrion

Marc Petre

Kenneth Mccurry

Frederick A Shorey

Allen Bashour

Christopher Knowlton

ECG electrode assemblies are disclosed which include an adhesive-backed patch incorporating an ECG electrode and an adhesive-backed cover configured to cover and surround a lead wire clip attached to a contact of the ECG electrode. ECG electrode assemblies comprising said adhesive-backed patch and said adhesive-backed cover secure the connection between the lead and the electrode and effectively reduce the number of telemetry disruptions due to leads failure. ECG electrode assemblies can also provide water resistance to allow for patient showering while hospitalized on telemetry monitoring.

Disposable ECG electrodes adapted to reduce leads-off events

An apparatus for partially supporting a leaflet of a regurgitant heart valve includes at least one subvalvular device including a subvalvular supporting portion and an anchor portion. The subvalvular supporting portion and anchor portion are each at least partially formed from at least one of braided mesh strands of a first configuration, braided mesh strands of a second configuration, a balloon, a plurality of longitudinally extending struts, and a plurality of laterally extending struts. A connector neck is interposed longitudinally between, and is attached to both of, the subvalvular supporting portion and the anchor portion. The connector neck penetrates longitudinally through at least one of a base of the leaflet and an annulus of the heart valve at a manufactured puncture site.

Apparatuses and methods for at least partially supporting a valve leaflet of a regurgitant heart valve

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