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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2021
Neochord, Inc., St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Daryl Edmiston, Draper, UT (US);
Tyler Nordmann, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Graham Garvin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Dan Johnson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Max Bock-Aronson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Andy Freeman, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Ryan Um, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Randall Beyreis, Corcoran, MN (US);
Brady Hatcher, Rogers, MN (US);
NeoChord, Inc., St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Abstract
An anchor assembly is configured to implant a cardiac anchor into a heart wall of a patient to anchor a suture configured to extend from a valve leaflet of the heart as an artificial chordae. The anchor assembly can include an anchor hub defining an open interior and a helical coil extending distally from the anchor hub and having a sharpened tip configured to embed the helical coil into the heart wall upon rotation of the helical coil. A spring can be disposed within the open interior of the anchor hub. Compressing the spring distally can create an open space within the open interior of the anchor hub for a suture extending through the anchor hub to slide freely and releasing compression on the spring can cause the spring to expand in a proximal direction to clamp the suture within the open interior of the anchor hub.