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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2019
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Arie Tylis, Kiryat Motzkin, IL;
Nikolay Gurovich, Hadera, IL;
Eran Goldberg, Nesher, IL;
Boaz Manash, Givat Ada, IL;
Dan Rottenberg, Haifa, IL;
Hagar Adika, Tel Aviv, IL;
Tal Regev, Tel Mond, IL;
Dikla Kersh, Karkur, IL;
Danny M. Garmahi, Hadera, IL;
Hernan Altman, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
Amir Blumenfeld, Tel Aviv, IL;
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
An anchoring system and related methods are provided for treatment of dilated hearts and of functional valve regurgitation, the system comprising one or more self-expandable or manually expandable anchors and associated devices for fixating a valve splint within the heart. For example, a spade-shaped assembly may be configured to be deployed in a right ventricle of the heart and to stabilize a puncturing instrument to puncture the septum. Various puncturing instruments may also be part of the anchoring system, including one or more of a flexible needle having a multiplicity of slits disposed along the length of the needle, a trocar catheter with a retractable head, and a catheter needle having a blunt introducer to protect nearby tissue within the heart during advancing a guidewire. A cutter catheter and puncture location catheter may also be part of the system and be used during treatment.