US 12,295,845 B2
Device, system, and method for transcatheter treatment of valvular regurgitation
Alexander K. Khairkhahan, Palo Alto, CA (US); Janine C. Robinson, Half Moon Bay, CA (US); Alan R. Klenk, San Jose, CA (US); Anuja Patel, Palo Alto, CA (US); Zaya Tun, Livermore, CA (US); Robert Quintos, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Brett Snyder, Campbell, CA (US)
Assigned to Polares Medical Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by Polares Medical Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/918,295.
Application 16/918,295 is a continuation of application No. 16/185,419, filed on Nov. 9, 2018, granted, now 10,702,386.
Application 16/185,419 is a continuation of application No. 15/918,988, filed on Mar. 12, 2018, granted, now 10,123,874, issued on Nov. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/470,684, filed on Mar. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0397567 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/246 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2466 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0006 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0091 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0018 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A coaptation assistance element for treating mal-coaptation of a heart valve, the heart valve having an annulus, the coaptation assistance element comprising:
a first surface and an opposed second surface, each surface bounded by a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, an inferior edge, and a superior edge;
a hub configured to receive a primary anchor; and
a plurality of struts spaced around the hub and extending outward from the hub, the plurality of struts comprising at least a first strut configured to be implanted within a heart and a second strut configured to be implanted within the heart,
wherein the coaptation assistance element comprises a layer positioned outward from the hub configured to be an reinforcement layer for one or more secondary anchors, and
one or more anchor tethers extending through the coaptation assistance element. the one or more anchor tethers configured to guide the one or more secondary anchors toward the coaptation assistance element.