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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Cardica, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventor:
Bernard A. Hausen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Dextera Surgical Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2445 (2013.01); A61B 17/0684 (2013.01); A61F 2/2466 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for heart valve surgery may include providing a cardiac valve ring and suture loops connected to the cardiac valve ring, accessing a valve annulus of the heart of the patient, stapling at least one of the sutures loop to the valve annulus, and parachuting the cardiac valve ring down the suture to the valve annulus after the stapling. The cardiac valve ring may be an annuloplasty ring, a replacement heart valve, or other medical device.