Surgery – Instruments – Suture retaining means
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-08
2008-01-08
Woo, Julian W. (Department: 3731)
Surgery
Instruments
Suture retaining means
C606S151000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10867394
ABSTRACT:
A system for treating mitral valve regurgitation comprises a tensioning device slidably received within a delivery catheter. The tensioning device includes a tether linking proximal an anchoring member and a distal anchoring member. At least one of the anchoring members includes an elastic portion that flexes in response to a heartbeat when the tensioning device is positioned across a chamber of a heart. The tether includes at least one locking member initially positioned between the anchoring members. A method for treating mitral valve regurgitation comprises piercing a first wall of a chamber of a heart, engaging a distal anchoring member with a second wall of the heart chamber, engaging a proximal anchoring member with the first wall, and pulling a locking member affixed to a tether linking the anchoring members from an initial position between the two anchoring members to a locked position proximal the proximal anchoring member.
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Bloom Eliot
Douk Nareak
Horrigan John
Huynh Rany
Rafiee Nasser
Medtronic Vascular Inc.
Woo Julian W.
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