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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2009
Eric A. Goldfarb, San Francisco, CA (US);
James I-lin Fann, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Mark E. Deem, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kent D. Dell, Redwood City, CA (US);
Martin S. Dieck, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sylvia Wen-chin Fan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hanson S. Gifford, Iii, Woodside, CA (US);
Brain B. Martin, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Ferolyn T. Powell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Frederick G. St. Goar, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Eric A. Goldfarb, San Francisco, CA (US);
James I-Lin Fann, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Mark E. Deem, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kent D. Dell, Redwood City, CA (US);
Martin S. Dieck, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sylvia Wen-Chin Fan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hanson S. Gifford, III, Woodside, CA (US);
Brain B. Martin, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Ferolyn T. Powell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Frederick G. St. Goar, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Evalve, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
The methods, devices, and systems are provided for performing endovascular repair of atrioventricular and other cardiac valves in the heart. Regurgitation of an atrioventricular valve, particularly a mitral valve, can be repaired by modifying a tissue structure selected from the valve leaflets, the valve annulus, the valve chordae, and the papillary muscles. These structures may be modified by suturing, stapling, snaring, or shortening, using interventional tools which are introduced to a heart chamber. Preferably, the tissue structures will be temporarily modified prior to permanent modification. For example, opposed valve leaflets may be temporarily grasped and held into position prior to permanent attachment.