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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2022
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Matthew E. Genovese, Windsor, CA (US);
Caitlin M. Owenson, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Emily A. Grimm, Petaluma, CA (US);
William A. Berthiaume, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Karan P. Punga, San Rafael, CA (US);
William W. Chang, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Fatemeh Fatemi Far, Richmond, CA (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure include systems including an anchor including a body having a distal end, a proximal end and an opening extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The distal end includes a plurality of flanges, each flange including a proximal barb and a distal barb; the anchor having a natural arrangement in which the distal barbs of the plurality of flanges converge to form a pointed tip. The system further includes a rod that can be inserted in the opening to force the distal barbs away from a longitudinal axis of the opening into a delivery arrangement. The rod can also be used to retrieve an anchor after deployment. Such anchors can be utilized with annuloplasty implants. Methods of deploying and retrieving anchors of the disclosure are also disclosed.