Mitralign, Inc.

Medtronic, Inc.

Walter Bruszewski

Mark A Maguire

Paul A Spence

John W Gaiser

Michel Haissaguerre

Le Trong Le

Huu Nguyen

Ed McNamara

Michael Sansoucy

Michael Haissaguerre

Catheter based systems and methods for securing tissue including the annulus of a mitral valve. The systems and methods employ catheter based techniques and devices to plicate tissue and perform an annuloplasty.

Method of heart valve repair

Tissue fastening systems and methods utilizing magnetic guidance

A steerable electrophysiology catheter includes a shaft having a distal ablation segment with one or more electrodes coupled to a source of electrical energy by a connector extending through the shaft. The distal ablation segment of the shaft is movable between a collapsed configuration sized for percutaneous introduction into the patient and/or endoluminal delivery to the target site and an expanded configuration, in which the distal ablation segment forms a substantially continuous surface transverse to the shaft axis for engaging the heart tissue and creating a linear lesion thereon. The catheter includes one or more force element(s) positioned to apply an axial force between the distal and proximal ends of the ablation segment. The force element(s) provide a sufficiently uniform force against the distal ablation segment to establish continuous contact pressure between the electrodes and the patient's heart tissue. This contact pressure allows the surgeon to engage the entire length of the distal ablation segment against the heart tissue to provide a relatively long linear lesion on this tissue.

System and methods for tissue mapping and ablation

Systems and methods for tissue mapping and ablation

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Walter Bruszewski