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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2019
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Matthew Genovese, Windsor, CA (US);
Jeffrey Sandstrom, Scandia, MN (US);
Russell Pribanic, Roxbury, CT (US);
Thomas Mcpeak, Caledonia, MN (US);
Vania Lee, Circle Pines, MN (US);
Dermot O'Brien, Galway, IE;
James Calvin Allan, Boise, ID (US);
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for treating valvular regurgitation in a heart valve includes a flexible canopy and an elongated tether including an elastic portion and an inelastic portion. When the system is in a deployed configuration, a proximal end of the flexible canopy is coupled to an annulus of the heart valve and a distal end of the elongated tether is coupled to a ventricle. The flexible canopy is configured to overlay a first native leaflet of the heart valve, and tension on the elongated tether is applied and/or adjusted to prevent the first leaflet from prolapsing, to maximize coaptation of the flexible canopy with a second native leaflet of the heart valve, and to minimize regurgitation of the heart valve.