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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2023
Applicant:
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2005.12); A61B 17/04 (2005.12); A61B 17/32 (2005.12); A61M 25/00 (2005.12); A61M 25/10 (2012.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2427 (2012.12); A61F 2/2409 (2012.12); A61F 2/2412 (2012.12); A61F 2/2418 (2012.12); A61F 2/2433 (2012.12); A61F 2/2436 (2012.12); A61F 2/2445 (2012.12); A61B 17/0467 (2012.12); A61B 2017/32004 (2012.12); A61F 2220/0016 (2012.12); A61F 2230/0054 (2012.12); A61F 2250/006 (2012.12); A61F 2310/00023 (2012.12); A61M 2025/0004 (2012.12); A61M 25/10 (2012.12); A61M 25/104 (2012.12);
Abstract
A method treating a deficient native mitral valve includes advancing the distal end portion of a delivery catheter into a heart, wherein the delivery catheter contains a support band stretched into a linear form, wherein the support band comprises a shape-memory material, and then ejecting the support band from the distal end portion of the delivery catheter such that the support band transitions from the linear form to a curved shape extending around native leaflets of the native mitral valve.