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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2014
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Benjamin E. Morris, Jeffersonville, IN (US);
Wayne Johnson, Jeffersonville, IN (US);
Mark Griffin, Louisville, KY (US);
Cory Celestino, Floyd Knobs, IN (US);
Jeffrey Clarke, Jeffersonville, IN (US);
Indi Gunasekara, Louisville, KY (US);
Gregory R. Furnish, Louisville, KY (US);
Theodore Paul Dale, Corcoran, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A device for repair of a heart valve leaflet includes an elongated catheter assembly having a proximal end and a distal end, and a tip at the distal end of the catheter assembly. A capture mechanism having a first free end and a second free end is rotatably coupled to a distal end of the tip. A plication mechanism has an open configuration and a closed configuration, and extends between the first free end and the second free end of the capture mechanism when in the open configuration. The device may also include a clip housing at a proximal end of the tip configured to hold a clip therein.