Neochord, Inc.

Tyler Nordmann

Daryl Edmiston

Brady Hatcher

Randall James Beyreis

Edward J Anderson

Max Bock-Aronson

Dan Johnson

Graham Garvin

Dan Johnston

Andy Freeman

Randy Beyreis

Ryan Um

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

Disclosed herein are various embodiments of cardiac anchors configured to be inserted into a heart wall of a patient to anchor a suture as an artificial chordae under an appropriate tension for proper valve function. Such cardiac anchors are particularly suitable for use in intravascular, transcatheter procedures.

Transverse helical cardiac anchor for minimally invasive heart valve repair

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Maple Grove, MN, United States of America

Tyler Nordmann