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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
May. 29, 2020
Applicants:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
University of Maryland Medical System Llc, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
James Gammie, Stevenson, MD (US);
Rachael Quinn, Abingdon, MD (US);
Chetan Pasrija, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Assignees:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
University of Maryland Medical System LLC, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61L 27/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2445 (2013.01); A61F 2/2457 (2013.01); A61F 2/2463 (2013.01); A61L 27/3625 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0036 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides devices for treating functional mitral regurgitation and methods of use thereof. The devices translocate a subject's mitral valve in an apical direction. The devices thereby treat mitral regurgitation while preserving a subject's original mitral valve and chordae tendinae.