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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Mitralign, Inc., Tewksbury, MA (US);
Inventors:
Paul A. Spence, Louisville, KY (US);
Edward I. McNamara, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Mark Maguire, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Assignee:
MITRALIGN, INC., Tewksbury, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2451 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61F 2/2466 (2013.01); A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00783 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0419 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01); A61F 2210/009 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.