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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Applicant:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventor:
Melinda K. Kovach, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/083 (2013.01); A61B 17/064 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/1227 (2013.01); A61F 2/246 (2013.01); A61F 2/2466 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00349 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0641 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0645 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01);
Abstract
A clip used to repair the tissue of a heart valve leaflet may include a shaft having a barb and a plurality of legs connected to the shaft. The plurality of legs may extend away from the barb in a first condition, and may extend towards the barb in a use condition. The clips may be delivered to the heart valve leaflet and applied to the same in a minimally invasive procedure using a transcatheter device. The device may be used to apply a single clip to the leaflet tissue or multiple clips.