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US 11,039,926 B2Granted
Valve planning tool
AssigneeSpiration, Inc.
InventorsErik Liljegren, Xavier Gonzalez, Lauri Devore, Fan Zhang
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Abstract
A valve planning tool comprising: (a) a stem having a distal end and a proximal end, (b) an anchor indicator located at the distal end, and (c) a balloon located proximal of the anchor indicator, the balloon including: (i) a retracted state and (ii) a deployed state; wherein the balloon is inflatable from the retracted state to the deployed state and the balloon is substantially non-compliant so that the balloon is only inflatable to one size.
Claims13
A valve planning tool comprising:
- a. a stem having a distal end and a proximal end,
- b. an anchor indicator, including one or more tangs, located at the distal end, and
- c. a balloon located proximal of the anchor indicator, the balloon including:
- i. a retracted state and
- ii. a deployed state;
- wherein the balloon is inflatable from the retracted state to the deployed state and the balloon is substantially non-compliant so that the balloon is only inflatable to one size,
- wherein the one or more tangs are movable from a retracted state to a deployed state so that sweep of anchor swing can be visualized, and
- wherein a length from the one or more tangs to a seal area indicator of the balloon represents a length of a valve.
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