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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2020
Evalve, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Chad Abunassar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Santosh Prabhu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Casey Barbarino, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jessie Garcia, Newark, CA (US);
Gabriel Gonzales, Milpitas, CA (US);
Brandon Chu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tamer M. Mahmoud, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Wei, Redwood City, CA (US);
EVALVE, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Fixation device for fixation of leaflets of a heart valve includes a central assembly and at least one arm moveably coupled relative to the central assembly. The at least one arm includes a deformable frame having a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis defined therebetween, the second end being moveable between a closed position and an open position. The deformable frame further includes first and second deformable flex portions, each flex portion extending along a respective lateral side of the deformable frame and having a deformed condition and an undeformed condition, and each flex portion having an outer lateral edge. The at least one arm has a maximum deformed arm lateral cross-dimension with the flex portions in the deformed condition.