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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2019
Cardiomech As, Trondheim, NO;
Nikolai Hiorth, Oslo, NO;
Hans Emil Hiorth, Trondheim, NO;
CardioMech AS, Trondheim, NO;
Abstract
A catheter device is described. The device is for implanting a leaflet anchor () into the heart as part of a procedure for implanting an artificial chordae line (). The catheter device comprises: a leaflet anchor () for attachment to the leaflet () of the heart; and a leaflet anchor deployment mechanism (), (), () for deploying the leaflet anchor (). The leaflet anchor deployment mechanism (), (), () allows for retraction and repositioning of the leaflet anchor () after deployment of the anchor () into the leaflet () via an ejector unit () having a grasping device () with a first configuration arranged to permit deployment of the leaflet anchor () into the leaflet () without disengagement of the leaflet anchor () from the ejector unit (), and a second configuration in which the leaflet anchor () is reversibly released from the ejector unit (). In the first configuration the grasping device () of the ejector unit () grasps a proximal end of the leaflet anchor (), whilst a distal end of the leaflet anchor () is unimpeded by the grasping device () to enable it to be implanted in the leaflet (). In the second configuration the grasping device () is disengaged from the leaflet anchor ().