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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2003
Steven B. Woolfson, Boston, MA (US);
Richard B. Streeter, Winchester, MA (US);
Daniel C. Taylor, Brighton, MA (US);
William E. Cohn, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Steven B. Woolfson, Boston, MA (US);
Richard B. Streeter, Winchester, MA (US);
Daniel C. Taylor, Brighton, MA (US);
William E. Cohn, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for resecting a diseased heart valve, the apparatus comprising: a body portion; a first handle and a second handle; a cutting blade; a set of retaining arms; a pass-off tool having a first attachment device configured to selectively engage the first handle attached to the body portion so as to allow placement of the second handle of the body portion adjacent to the diseased heart valve; and a controller tool having a second attachment device at the distal end thereof, the second attachment device configured to selectively engage the second handle attached to the body portion so as to allow positioning of the body portion adjacent to the diseased heart valve, a cutting blade actuator configured to cause the cutting blade to selectively rotate, and a retaining arm actuator configured to selectively position the set of retaining arms from a contracted state to an expanded state.