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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2021
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Katherine Miyashiro, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Hanson S. Gifford, III, Woodside, CA (US);
James I. Fann, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Ben F. Brian, III, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Gaurav Krishnamurthy, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jose Gonzalez, Fremont, CA (US);
Paul Gunning, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Mclean, San Francisco, CA (US);
Neil Zimmerman, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Robert O'grady, San Francisco, CA (US);
Douglas S. Sutton, Pacifica, CA (US);
Jean-Pierre Dueri, San Mateo, CA (US);
Ryan Helmuth, Woodside, CA (US);
Marine De Gouy, Redwood City, CA (US);
MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Cardiac valve repair devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A cardiac valve repair device configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, a coaptation member configured to be positioned between one or more native leaflets of the cardiac valve to at least partially fill a space between the native leaflets. The cardiac valve repair device can further include one or more fixation mechanisms for securing the coaptation member in position between the leaflets. A cardiac valve repair device configured in accordance with additional embodiments of the present technology can include an atrial member and a ventricular member configured to sandwich one or more the native leaflets therebetween.