Percutaneous transcatheter repair of heart valves

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8518107
APP PUB NO 20120123531A1
SERIAL NO

13198582

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Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for repairing heart valves through percutaneous transcatheter delivery and fixation of annuloplasty rings to heart valves. An annuloplasty ring includes an outer hollow member including a plurality of segments. Adjacent segments cooperate with one another to change the outer hollow member from an elongate insertion geometry to an annular operable geometry. The annuloplasty ring also includes an internal anchor member located at least partially within the outer hollow member. The internal anchor member includes a plurality of anchors configured to attach the annuloplasty ring to tissue of a heart valve annulus. The internal anchor member is configured to move the plurality of anchors with respect to a plurality of windows in the outer hollow member to selectively deploy the plurality of anchors through the respective windows.

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  • VALCARE, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Buchbinder, Maurice La Jolla, US 48 7088
Cao, Hung H Corona, US 21 1970
Gray, Brian C Lake Forest, US 16 948
Packham, Victor S Costa Mesa, US 11 1872
Shaolian, Samuel M Newport Beach, US 135 15940
Tsukashima, Ross San Diego, US 87 4918

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