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Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 07, 2010
Applicants:

Reinhard Warnking, E. Setauket, NY (US);

Eugene J. Jung, Nesconset, NY (US);

Yong Zou, S. Setauket, NY (US);

Jacques Seguin, London, GB;

Mano Iyer, Staten Island, NY (US);

Inventors:

Reinhard Warnking, E. Setauket, NY (US);

Eugene J. Jung, Nesconset, NY (US);

Yong Zou, S. Setauket, NY (US);

Jacques Seguin, London, GB;

Mano Iyer, Staten Island, NY (US);

Assignee:

ReCor Medical, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00106 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00703 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22051 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00023 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5276 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0078 (2013.01);
Abstract

Mitral valve insufficiency is treated by introducing an expansible device such as a balloon bearing an ultrasonic transducer into the heart so that the transducer is positioned adjacent the mitral annulus but spaced from the mitral annulus, and actuating the transducer to heat the mitral annulus, denature collagen in the annulus and thereby shrink the annulus.


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