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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2022
Applicants:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
University of Maryland Medical System Llc, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
James Gammie, Stevenson, MD (US);
Rachael Quinn, Abingdon, MD (US);
Chetan Pasrija, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Assignee:
University of Maryland, Baltimore; University of Maryland Medical System LLC, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2445 (2013.01); A61F 2/2454 (2013.01); A61F 2/2463 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides devices for treating functional mitral regurgitation and methods of use thereof. The devices translocate a subject's mitral valve in an apical direction. The devices thereby treat mitral regurgitation while preserving a subject's original mitral valve and chordae tendinae.