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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2004
Nasser Rafiee, Andover, MA (US);
Nareak Douk, Lowell, MA (US);
James F. Crittenden, Hollis, NH (US);
Nasser Rafiee, Andover, MA (US);
Nareak Douk, Lowell, MA (US);
James F. Crittenden, Hollis, NH (US);
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
A device and method for treating cardiac valve regurgitation. The device includes a tubular member including a lumen there through and a locking mechanism and a compression device carried on the tubular member. The compression device is transformable to a compression configuration in response to axial displacement and is locked in the compression configuration by the locking mechanism. The method includes positioning the compression device adjacent a cardiac valve and applying an axial displacement to the compression device to transform the compression device into a compression configuration and locking the compression device in the compression configuration to apply a compressive force to the cardiac valve.