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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2018
Applicant:
Heartstitch, Inc., Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Inventor:
Anthony A. Nobles, St. Thomas, VI (US);
Assignee:
HeartStitch, Inc., Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/062 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); C12H 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/06 (2006.01); C12N 9/02 (2006.01); C12N 9/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12H 1/003 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/062 (2013.01); C12N 9/0028 (2013.01); C12N 9/0083 (2013.01); C12N 9/78 (2013.01); C12Y 105/01041 (2013.01); C12Y 114/9904 (2013.01); C12Y 305/99001 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/047 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06042 (2013.01);
Abstract
A minimally invasive device and method for suturing papillary muscles includes drawing a suture through a first papillary muscle using a needle, drawing the suture through a second papillary muscle, and tightening the suture to move at least one of the first papillary muscle and the second papillary muscle towards the other of the first papillary muscle and the second papillary muscle.