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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2003
John A. Macoviak, La Jolla, CA (US);
Robert T. Chang, Belmont, CA (US);
David A. Rahdert, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy R. Machold, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Rick A. Soss, Burlingame, CA (US);
John A. Macoviak, La Jolla, CA (US);
Robert T. Chang, Belmont, CA (US);
David A. Rahdert, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy R. Machold, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Rick A. Soss, Burlingame, CA (US);
Ample Medical, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems and methods supplement, repair, or replace a native heart valve. The devices, systems, and methods employ an implant that, in use, extends adjacent a valve annulus. The implant includes a mobile neoleaflet element that occupies the space of at least a portion of one native valve leaflet. The implant mimics the one-way valve function of a native leaflet, to resist or prevent retrograde flow. The implant restores normal coaptation of the leaflets to resist retrograde flow, thereby resisting eversion and/or prolapse, which, in turn, reduces regurgitation.