Heart valve tissue multi-blade cutting and scoring device
AssigneePi-Cardia Ltd.
InventorBenzion Spector
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Abstract
A heart valve tissue cutting device includes a housing formed with an elongate opening, and first and second splitting elements pivotally coupled to the housing, and arranged to be in a stowed position, in which the first and second splitting elements are collapsed towards the housing, and in a deployed position, in which the first and second splitting elements are deployed outwards from the housing. The first splitting element includes a cutting edge that terminates in a sharp tip which faces towards the housing. The second splitting element includes a cutting edge which faces away from the housing, and the cutting edges of the first and second splitting elements meet at a junction.
Claims9
A heart valve tissue cutting device comprising:
- a housing formed with an elongate opening;
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- first and second splitting elements pivotally coupled to said housing, and arranged to be in a stowed position, in which said first and second splitting elements are collapsed towards said housing, and in a deployed position, in which said first and second splitting elements are deployed outwards from said housing;
- wherein said first splitting element comprises a cutting edge that terminates in a sharp tip which faces towards said housing, and said second splitting element comprises a cutting edge which faces away from said housing, and said cutting edges of said first and second splitting elements meet at a junction.
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