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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Mitralign, Inc., Tewksbury, MA (US);
Inventors:
Edwin Hlavka, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jonathan Podmore, San Carlos, CA (US);
Paul A. Spence, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
MITRALIGN, INC., Tewksbury, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2442 (2013.01); A61B 17/064 (2013.01); A61B 17/0643 (2013.01); A61B 17/0644 (2013.01); A61F 2/246 (2013.01); A61F 2/2466 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 17/08 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00783 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0406 (2013.01); A61B 2017/048 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0419 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0472 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0488 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01); A61B 2017/081 (2013.01); A61F 2/2448 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for performing annuloplasty includes accessing a left ventricle of a heart to provide a discrete plication element to the left ventricle, and engaging the plication element to tissue near a mitral valve of the heart. Engaging the plication element includes causing the plication element to gather a portion of the tissue to create a plication. In one embodiment, accessing the left ventricle of the heart to provide the plication element includes accessing the left ventricle of the heart using a catheter arrangement.