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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2020
Opus Medical Therapies, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Vivek Rajagopal, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jaime Eduardo Sarabia, Mableton, GA (US);
Yenchin Liao, Cary, CO (US);
Alfred Raschdorf, Jr., St. James, NY (US);
Opus Medical Therapies, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
An endovascular medical assembly and method for restoring chordal support to a leaflet of a heart valve by implanting artificial chordae tendinea in the heart. A chord is inserted into the heart endovascularly with a leaflet grasper which pierces the leaflet and implants the chord through the leaflet. An anchor assembly is implanted into an intracardiac wall and has anchor lines extending therefrom. The chord and an anchor line are assembled by a line gathering member and the tension of the chord is adjusted and secured. The chord is, thus, secured to the anchor assembly to support the leaflet.