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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2005
Eric A. Goldfarb, San Francisco, CA (US);
Troy L. Thornton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alfred H. Raschdorf, Kings Park, NY (US);
Jaime E. Sarabia, Smyrna, GA (US);
John P. Maddan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ferolyn Powell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian B. Martin, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Sylvia Wen-chin Fan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jan Komtebedde, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yen C. Liao, San Mateo, CA (US);
Eric A. Goldfarb, San Francisco, CA (US);
Troy L. Thornton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alfred H. Raschdorf, Kings Park, NY (US);
Jaime E. Sarabia, Smyrna, GA (US);
John P. Maddan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ferolyn Powell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian B. Martin, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Sylvia Wen-Chin Fan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jan Komtebedde, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yen C. Liao, San Mateo, CA (US);
Evalve, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems and methods are provided for stabilizing and grasping tissues such as valve leaflets, assessing the grasp of these tissues, approximating and fixating the tissues, and assessing the fixation of the tissues to treat cardiac valve regurgitation, particularly mitral valve regurgitation.