US 11,654,024 B1
Heart valve clip
Daniel T. Wallace, Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Assigned to CAPSTAN MEDICAL INC., Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed by Capstan Medical Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/992,693.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/381,698, filed on Oct. 31, 2022.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2454 (2013.01) [A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A valve repair device configured to attach to a native valve of a patient, the valve repair device comprising:
a tubular body defining a longitudinal axis;
a paddle supported by the tubular body;
a paddle control mechanism for moving the paddle, the paddle control mechanism including:
a rotatable paddle collar extending within the tubular body; and
a paddle shaft extending within the tubular body, wherein:
the paddle shaft is threadedly engaged to the rotatable paddle collar and coupled to the paddle,
the rotatable paddle collar is configured to rotate to translate the paddle shaft, and
the paddle shaft is configured to translate to change abduction of the paddle relative to the longitudinal axis;
a retention member supported by the tubular body proximal the paddle; and
a retention member control mechanism for moving the retention member to facilitate capture of a valve leaflet between the paddle and the retention member, the retention member control mechanism including:
a rotatable retention member collar extending within the tubular body; and
a retention member shaft extending within the tubular body, wherein:
the retention member shaft is threadedly engaged to the rotatable retention member collar and coupled to the retention member,
the rotatable retention member collar is configured to rotate to translate the retention member shaft, and
the retention member shaft is configured to translate to change abduction of the retention member relative to the longitudinal axis.