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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2019
Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Peter E. Hammer, Needham, MA (US);
David Hoganson, Brookline, MA (US);
Mossab Y. Saeed, Revere, MA (US);
Pedro J. Del Nido, Lexington, MA (US);
Christopher W. Baird, Boston, MA (US);
Sitaram M. Emani, Newton, MA (US);
Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A repair device for closing a valve of a heart includes a main stem. The mains stem has a distal end and a proximal end. The main stem comprises a papillary anchor on the proximal end. The papillary anchor of the main stem is configured to attach to a papillary muscle of the heart. The main stem further includes a first branch extending from the main stem in a first direction and configured to attach to a first leaflet of the valve of the heart. The main stem also includes a second branch extending from the main stem in a second direction different from the first direction and configured to attach to a second leaflet of the valve. The first and second branches are flexible.