US 11,957,586 B2
Epicardial valve repair system
Evan Anderson, Woodside, CA (US); John MacMahon, Exeter, NH (US); Jeremy Boyette, Menlo Park, CA (US); Christopher Pell, San Francisco, CA (US); Michael Stewart, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Mark Juravic, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Mitre Medical Corp., Morgan Hill, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/964,975
Filed by Evan Anderson, Woodside, CA (US); John MacMahon, Exeter, NH (US); Jeremy Boyette, Menlo Park, CA (US); Christopher Pell, San Francisco, CA (US); Michael Stewart, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Mark Juravic, Los Altos, CA (US); and Mitre Medical Corp., Morgan Hill, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/015300
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 25, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/148046, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/622,827, filed on Jan. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/622,831, filed on Jan. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/622,830, filed on Jan. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0045878 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/28 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2481 (2013.01) [A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/10 (2013.01); A61B 90/06 (2016.02); A61F 2/2442 (2013.01); A61F 2/2451 (2013.01); A61F 2/246 (2013.01); A61F 2/2466 (2013.01); A61F 2/2478 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00407 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00473 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00738 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00858 (2013.01); A61B 17/064 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0649 (2013.01); A61B 17/2812 (2013.01); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0801 (2016.02); A61F 2002/2484 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0033 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0025 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0033 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0083 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0013 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0023 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0002 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0003 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0007 (2013.01); A61F 2250/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0029 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0036 (2013.01); A61F 2250/006 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0064 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
22. An epicardial device for reducing or preventing regurgitation of blood through a tricuspid valve of a heart, said device comprising:
a main body adapted to apply force to an epicardial surface of the heart;
a member that applies counterforce to said force applied by said segment; and
an adjuster that is operable to change the force applied by said segment;
wherein said adjuster can be operated before or after anchoring of said device to the epicardial surface; and
wherein said main body comprises two segments comprising rods that extend through opposite end portions of said main body and are joined together by an actuator configured so that said segments are drivable in opposite directions to one another, to increase or decrease a distance between ends of said main body.