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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2020
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
James P. Rohl, Prescott, WI (US);
Katherine L. Baldwin, Minneapolis, MN (US);
James K. Cawthra, Jr., Ramsey, MN (US);
Dennis B. Werner, Big Lake, MN (US);
William C. Stoffregen, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Daniel Shuey, Pine City, MN (US);
Leo H. Ihlberg, Brookline, MA (US);
Richard C. Daly, Rochester, MN (US);
Joseph A. Dearani, Rochester, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Abstract
Anchor delivery systems and methods for repairing a valve inside a body, such as an atrioventricular valve, may include an anchor delivery device including a sheath for at least partially retaining an anchor in a collapsed form. The anchor delivery device may be configured to deliver the anchor to the atrioventricular valve. The anchor and an adjacent anchor may be connectable to each other in an expanded form, to link a series of anchors implanted at least partially around the atrioventricular valve. In some embodiments, the anchors may be connectable by a connecting member, such as a pledget, or a material disposable on a bulb of the anchor. In other embodiments, a bulb of the anchor and a bulb of the adjacent anchor may be configured to be directly interlocked.