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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2018
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Omar Jarral, London, GB;
Patricia McAfee, Galway, IE;
Aiden Flanagan, Galway, IE;
Tim O'Connor, Galway, IE;
Jan Weber, Maastricht, NL;
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A mitral valve leaflet repair system may include a delivery catheter having at least one lumen extending proximally from a distal end of the delivery catheter, a plurality of anchor elements disposed within the at least one lumen, each of the plurality of anchor elements being configured to extend through one layer of mitral valve leaflet tissue, and a securing element configured to secure at least two of the plurality of anchor elements together on one side of the mitral valve leaflet tissue. The at least one lumen may include a suction lumen configured to grasp a mitral valve leaflet prior to extending the plurality of anchor elements through one layer of mitral valve leaflet tissue.