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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2021
Half Moon Medical, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Matt McLean, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hanson S. Gifford, III, Woodside, CA (US);
James I. Fann, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Douglas Sutton, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Half Moon Medical, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A heart valve repair device, comprising an atrial-fixation member having an expandable mesh configured to have oval or circular shape in a deployed configuration, the atrial-fixation member defining a central lumen; and a baffle extending from a portion of the atrial-fixation member, the baffle having an anterior portion with a smooth, atraumatic surface configured to coapt with at least a portion of one or more native leaflets of a native heart valve, a posterior portion configured to engage and displace at least a portion of another native leaflet of the native heart valve, wherein the baffle extends radially inward from the atrial-fixation member into the central lumen to approximate a closed position of the displaced native leaflet.