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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2020
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Asher L. Metchik, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (US);
Sergio Delgado, Irvine, CA (US);
Alexander J. Siegel, Irvine, CA (US);
Eric Robert Dixon, Villa Park, CA (US);
Lauren R. Freschauf, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Matthew T. Winston, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Gregory Scott Tyler, II, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A valve repair device for repairing a native valve of a patient includes a pair of paddles and a pair of gripping members. The pair of paddles are movable between an open position and a closed position. Each paddle comprises a metal loop that is moveable from a compressed condition where each metal loop has a first width to an expanded condition where each loop has a second width that is greater than the first width. The pair of gripping members are configured to attach to the native valve of the patient.