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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Mitrassist Medical Ltd., Caesarea, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitrassist Medical Ltd., Caesarea, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/246 (2013.01); A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2/2448 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0015 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for reducing heart valve regurgitation including a plug for placing between natural heart valve leaflets, the plug shaped so that, upon systole, the natural heart leaflets coapt upon the plug, a frame attached to the plug by a bridging element, for supporting the plug between the natural heart valve leaflets, the frame having at least one dimension in a plane of the heart valve annulus which is wider than the diameter of the heart valve annulus, and a plurality of anchors attached to the device, for preventing the device from being swept upstream of the heart valve annulus upon systole. Related apparatus and methods are also described.