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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2014
Mitralign, Inc., Tewksbury, MA (US);
Paul A. Spence, Louisville, KY (US);
Donald S. Baim, Westwood, MA (US);
Edward I. McNamara, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Hiroatsu Sugimoto, Cambridge, MA (US);
Joseph P. Lane, Methuen, MA (US);
Christopher Lee, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Jason H. Robinson, Windham, NH (US);
Aaron M. Call, Mesa, AZ (US);
Richard J. Morrill, North Billerica, MA (US);
MITRALIGN, INC., Tewksbury, MA (US);
Abstract
A system is provided for delivering respective anchors into spaced apart locations along an annulus of a mitral valve. The system includes a first catheter member having a first lumen formed therein for receiving a first guide wire and also includes a second catheter member that is configured to move between an expanded position and a collapsed position relative to the first catheter member. The second catheter member has a lumen formed therein for receiving a second guide wire when the second catheter member is in the expanded position. The second catheter member is fixedly connected to the first catheter member by a first connector (that defines first and second living hinges) which is configured to deploy under a select condition to automatically cause the second catheter member to move to the expanded position.