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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2016
Applicant:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Peter N. Braido, Wyoming, MN (US);
Mina S. Fahim, Shoreview, MN (US);
Thomas M. Benson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Theodore Paul Dale, Corcoran, MN (US);
Andrea N. Para, Centennial, CO (US);
Mark Krans, Hopkins, MN (US);
Mathias Charles Glimsdale, St. Michael, MN (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2445 (2013.01); A61F 2/246 (2013.01); A61F 2/2442 (2013.01); A61F 2/2448 (2013.01); A61F 2/2454 (2013.01); A61F 2/2487 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0033 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0061 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0065 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0095 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0003 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0018 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0029 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for repairing a native heart valve includes a reinforcing structure configured to couple to a portion of the native heart valve to remodel a geometry of the native heart valve, and at least one supporting member connected to the reinforcing structure.