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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2019
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Emily Grimm, Petaluma, CA (US);
Caitlin Dorff, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Karan Punga, San Rafael, CA (US);
Matthew E. Genovese, Windsor, CA (US);
Olivia Metcalf, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Fatemeh Fatemi Far, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
William Berthiaume, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure describes an annuloplasty device that includes a wire configured to extend around at least part of an annulus of a cardiac or vascular valve, such as at least partially around a circumference of the annulus, and a plurality of anchors. The anchors of the plurality of anchors are configured to engage the wire and anchor the wire to the annulus. The wire is configured to urge at least some anchors of the plurality of anchors toward each other in a radially inward direction to decrease a distance between valve leaflets that extend from the annulus.