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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2004
Mehmet C. Oz, Cliffside Park, NJ (US);
Gerald M. Lemole, Huntingdon Valley, PA (US);
Alan Lotvin, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Juan P. Umana, New York, NY (US);
William Allen, Stratford, CT (US);
Howard P. Levin, Teaneck, NJ (US);
Mehmet C. Oz, Cliffside Park, NJ (US);
Gerald M. Lemole, Huntingdon Valley, PA (US);
Alan Lotvin, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Juan P. Umana, New York, NY (US);
William Allen, Stratford, CT (US);
Howard P. Levin, Teaneck, NJ (US);
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for the repair of a cardiovascular valve has leaflets comprising a grasper capable of grabbing and co-apting the leaflets of the valve. In a preferred embodiment the grasper has jaws that grasp and immobilize the leaflets, and then a fastener is inserted to co-apt the leaflets. The apparatus is particularly useful for repairing mitral valves to cure mitral regurgitation.