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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2020
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Asher L. Metchik, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (US);
Gregory Scott Tyler, II, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Matthew T. Winston, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Sergio Delgado, Irvine, CA (US);
Lauren R. Freschauf, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Eric Robert Dixon, Villa Park, CA (US);
Alexander J. Siegel, Irvine, CA (US);
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for implanting a repair device onto a native valve of a natural heart to repair the native valve of a patient during a non-open-heart procedure. The system includes a delivery catheter and a valve repair device. The valve repair device is disposed inside the delivery catheter. The valve repair device 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. The pair of paddles and the pair of gripping members are configured to secure the valve repair device to leaflets of the native valve. The pair of paddles are compressed inside the delivery catheter. Each paddle of the pair of paddles is configured to expand upon exiting the delivery catheter to increase the surface area of each paddle.