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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2021
Evalve, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Chad Abunassar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jessie Garcia, Newark, CA (US);
Tamer Mahmoud, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Brandon Chu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Santosh Prabhu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
EVALVE, INC, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Fixation device for engaging tissue including a pair of fixation elements, each fixation element has a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first ends are moveable between a closed position and an open position. The fixation device further includes a pair of gripping elements. Each gripping element is moveable with a respective fixation element and disposed in opposition to at least a portion of the respective fixation element to capture tissue therebetween. The fixation device further includes a central portion operatively connected to each gripping element at a respective central portion-gripping element interface. The central portion has at least one distal end and a width 'W' proximate the distal end. Each of the gripping elements has a free end opposite its respective central portion-gripping element interface and a length “L” defined between the respective central portion-gripping element interface and the free end. The length Lfixation elements is at least about three times the width W.