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US 10,238,491 B2Granted
Tricuspid valve repair using tension
Assignee4Tech Inc.
InventorsIdan Tobis, Francesco Maisano, Hugo Vanermen, Valery Perevalov, Rephael Hof
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Abstract
A method is provided for repairing the tricuspid valve of a patient using tension. A radially-expandable stent is implanted in a coronary sinus of the patient. A tissue anchor is implanted in tissue in the vicinity of the tricuspid valve. The tricuspid valve is repaired by applying tension between the radially-expandable stent and the tissue anchor using a flexible longitudinal member that connects the radially-expandable stent and the tissue anchor.
Claims12
A method for repairing the tricuspid valve of a patient using tension, the method comprising:
- implanting a radially-expandable stent in a coronary sinus of the patient;
- implanting exactly one tissue anchor in tissue in the vicinity of the tricuspid valve at a site selected from the group consisting of:
- a site on the annulus of the tricuspid valve, and a site in a portion of tissue of a wall defining the right atrium;
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- repairing the tricuspid valve by applying tension between the radially-expandable stent and the exactly one tissue anchor using a flexible longitudinal member that (a) connects the radially-expandable stent and the tissue anchor and (b) crosses over a portion of the tricuspid valve.
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