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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Mtex Cardio Ag, Pfaffikon, CH;
Inventor:
Jury Schewel, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
MTEX Cardio AG, Pfaffikon, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/246 (2013.01); A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2/2445 (2013.01); A61F 2/2454 (2013.01); A61F 2/2463 (2013.01); A61F 2/2466 (2013.01); A61F 2/2409 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2220/005 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A prosthetic valve coaptation assist device () includes an anchor () and a single valve assist leaflet (). The anchor may be a supporting ring frame, brace or arc structure and will usually be radially self-expandable so that it can expand against surrounding tissue. The valve assist leaflet may be made of pericardium or other biological or artificial material and is shaped like the native target valve leaflet. The valve assist leaflet is typically sized larger than the target leaflet so that after implantation a significant overlap of the device body occurs.