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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2020
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Daniel Shuey, Pine City, MN (US);
Joel T. Eggert, Plymouth, MN (US);
Aaron Abbott, Columbia Heights, MN (US);
James P. Rohl, Prescott, WI (US);
Christopher J. Koudela, New London, MN (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices for delivering artificial chordae tendineae in a patient. In an embodiment, an anchor is movable between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration, the anchor being in the delivery configuration when disposed within a delivery catheter, the anchor being in the deployed configuration when the anchor is moved beyond a distal end of the delivery catheter. When the anchor is in the delivery configuration it has a first outer dimension and when the anchor is in the deployed configuration it has a second outer dimension, the first outer dimension being smaller than the second outer dimension. The anchor is engageable with a papillary muscle or a heart wall when the anchor is in the deployed configuration and is also coupleable to an artificial chordae tendineae to anchor the artificial chordae tendineae to the papillary muscle or heart wall.