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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2007
Nasser Rafiee, Andover, MA (US);
Nareak Douk, Lowell, MA (US);
Eliot Bloom, Hopkinton, NH (US);
Michael Finney, Beverly, MA (US);
Morgan House, Newfields, NH (US);
Rany Huynh, Charlestown, MA (US);
Stuart Mac Donald, Haverhill, MA (US);
Juan-pablo Mas, Somerville, MA (US);
David Barone, Lexington, MA (US);
Nasser Rafiee, Andover, MA (US);
Nareak Douk, Lowell, MA (US);
Eliot Bloom, Hopkinton, NH (US);
Michael Finney, Beverly, MA (US);
Morgan House, Newfields, NH (US);
Rany Huynh, Charlestown, MA (US);
Stuart Mac Donald, Haverhill, MA (US);
Juan-Pablo Mas, Somerville, MA (US);
David Barone, Lexington, MA (US);
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for modifying a heart valve annulus includes placing a purse string suture at a puncture site adjacent a heart valve, inserting at least one delivery member through the puncture site, positioning a distal end of the at least one delivery member adjacent a portion of a valve annulus, deploying an annuloplasty device carried within the at least one delivery member and implanting the annuloplasty device into the valve annulus. The method also includes reshaping the heart valve annulus after implantation of the at least one annuloplasty device.