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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2020
Mtex Cardio Ag, Pfäffikon, CH;
Andrea Guidotti, Zollikon, CH;
Monica Tocchi, Zurich, CH;
Karl Heinz Kuck, Hamburg, DE;
Michael Butscheid, Wilen bei Wollerau, CH;
Yaniv Marmur, Yokneam Moshava, IL;
Pietro Gozzoli, Zurich, CH;
MTEX CARDIO AG, Pfaffikon, CH;
Abstract
Coaptation-assist devices () are provided for treating a native atrioventricular valve. The coaptation-assist devices () include a ventricular anchor (), which includes one or more wires (), and which is configured to be positioned in a ventricle; and a neo-leaflet (), which is supported by the ventricular anchor () and is configured to at least partially replace function of a target native leaflet of the native atrioventricular valve by providing a surface of coaptation () for one or more opposing native leaflets. In some configurations, the ventricular anchor () includes a proximal subannular anchor (), which includes a digitate anchor () that is shaped so as to define a plurality of fingers () having a plurality of curved superior peaks () that point in a superior direction and engage a subannular surface of the target native leaflet. Other embodiments are also described.