US 11,969,345 B2
Repair device for heart valve repair
Peter E. Hammer, Needham, MA (US); David Hoganson, Brookline, MA (US); Mossab Y. Saeed, Revere, MA (US); Pedro J. Del Nido, Lexington, MA (US); Christopher W. Baird, Boston, MA (US); and Sitaram M. Emani, Newton, MA (US)
Assigned to Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/258,919
Filed by Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/041491
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/014544, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/696,617, filed on Jul. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0322170 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2457 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2463 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A repair device for repairing a valve of a heart, the repair device comprising:
a main stem having a distal end and a proximal end,
a papillary anchor disposed on the proximal end of the main stem, wherein the papillary anchor is configured to attach to a papillary muscle of the heart,
an annulus anchor disposed on the distal end of the main stem, the annulus anchor configured to attach to a wall of the heart,
a first branch extending from the main stem in a first direction and configured to attach to a first leaflet of the valve of the heart, and
a second branch extending from the main stem in a second direction different from the first direction and configured to attach to a second leaflet of the valve,
wherein the first and second branches are flexible.