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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2015
Devices, systems and methods for tissue approximation, including approximating mitral valve leaflets
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Cynthia Clague, Minnetonka, MN (US);
James Keogh, Maplewood, MN (US);
Ana Menk, St. Paul, MN (US);
Paul Rothstein, Elk River, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for approximating tissue segments, such as mitral valve leaflets, on a minimally invasive basis. The system includes first and second approximation devices each including a magnetic component and an attachment mechanism. Each device is connected to a target tissue segment by the corresponding attachment mechanism. Upon deployment at a target site, the tissue approximation devices are magnetically attracted to one another, approximating the tissue segments and maintaining the tissue segments in the approximated state.