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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
May. 14, 2007
Kenneth Arden Eliasen, Wrentham, MA (US);
Steven J. Tallarida, Mansfield, MA (US);
Christopher W. Maurer, Wakefield, MA (US);
Jonathan E. Wilson, Amesbury, MA (US);
Kenneth Arden Eliasen, Wrentham, MA (US);
Steven J. Tallarida, Mansfield, MA (US);
Christopher W. Maurer, Wakefield, MA (US);
Jonathan E. Wilson, Amesbury, MA (US);
Cardiosolutions, Inc., Stoughton, MA (US);
Abstract
A heart valve implant according to one embodiment may include a shaft and an anchor disposed on one end of the shaft, the anchor configured to engage tissue. The heart valve implant may further include an expandable member disposed over at least part of the shaft, the expandable member comprising a resiliently deformable internal layer and a resiliently deformable external layer disposed over the internal layer, the expandable member defining a chamber and being configured to receive an inflation medium in the chamber to expand the expandable member, the expandable member further configured to deform upon contact with at least a portion of at least one leaflet of a heart valve to at least partially conform to the shape of the leaflet.