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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Epygon, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Enrico Pasquino, Savigny, CH;
Marcio Scorsin, Curitiba, BR;
Assignee:
Epygon, Paris, FR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/295 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/295 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00287 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00783 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2908 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01);
Abstract
Medical device for transcatheter heart valve repair comprising a grasping tweezer () and a plicating tweezer (), said grasping tweezer () being adapted to grasp a leaflet rim () and said plicating tweezer () comprising two rotatable flaps () and a central shaft () around which said flaps () may rotate in a 'butterfly manner', in such a way that the plicating tweezer () may adopt a closed or an open configuration. The invention also relates to a method for using this medical device.