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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2023
Evalve, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Chad J. Abunassar, Alameda, CA (US);
Grant Glaze, San Francisco, CA (US);
Cindy Chaoyun Yang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jill Mccoy, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jessie A. Garcia, Newark, CA (US);
Jonathan Cox, Saratoga, CA (US);
Samir Jain, Mountain View, CA (US);
Scott Mosher, San Francisco, CA (US);
Roisin Verbael, Redwood City, CA (US);
Evalve, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A tunable fixation device for fixation of heart valve leaflets includes a central assembly, an arm moveably coupled to the central assembly, and a gripping element moveable relative to the arm to capture a native leaflet therebetween. The arm has a body portion and a wire frame coupled to the body portion. The wire frame has a first and second wire segment, and an interconnection portion interconnecting the first and second wire segments. The interconnection portion is slidingly engaged with the body portion. The first wire segment is configured to deform upon force applied to the second wire segment by sliding movement of the interconnection portion relative to the body portion, and the second wire segment is configured to deform upon force applied to the first wire segment by sliding movement of the interconnection portion relative to the body portion.