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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2019
Applicant:
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Paul A. Spence, Louisville, KY (US);
Donald S. Baim, Westwood, MA (US);
Edward I. McNamara, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Hiroatsu Sugimoto, Cambridge, MA (US);
Joseph P. Lane, Methuen, MA (US);
Jason H. Robinson, Windham, NH (US);
Aaron M. Call, Mesa, AZ (US);
Steven D. Cahalane, Pelham, NH (US);
Mark Maguire, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Kate E. Cutuli, Salem, NH (US);
Assignee:
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2466 (2013.01); A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61F 2/2442 (2013.01); A61F 2/2445 (2013.01); A61B 17/0467 (2013.01); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00637 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00659 (2013.01); A61B 2017/048 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0411 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0419 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0488 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0619 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61F 2250/0007 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, devices and methods for securing tissue including the annulus of a mitral valve. The systems, devices and methods may employ catheter based techniques and devices to plicate tissue and perform an annuloplasty.