US 12,082,802 B2
Connected anchor delivery systems and methods for valve repair
James P. Rohl, Prescott, WI (US); Katherine L. Baldwin, Minneapolis, MN (US); James K. Cawthra, Jr., Ramsey, MN (US); Dennis B. Werner, Big Lake, MN (US); William C. Stoffregen, Lake Elmo, MN (US); Daniel Shuey, Pine City, MN (US); Leo H. Ihlberg, Brookline, MA (US); Richard C. Daly, Rochester, MN (US); and Joseph A. Dearani, Rochester, MN (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US); and Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US); and Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/093,955.
Application 17/093,955 is a continuation of application No. 16/122,608, filed on Sep. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,874,388.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/593,165, filed on Nov. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0052266 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61F 2/2442 (2013.01); A61F 2/2466 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00783 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61F 2250/006 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. An anchor delivery system for repairing an atrioventricular valve, the anchor delivery system comprising:
a first elongate anchor having a first expandable end and a second expandable end;
a second elongate anchor having a first expandable end and a second expandable end;
an anchor delivery device configured to deliver to an atrioventricular valve, the first elongate anchor and the second elongate anchor each integrally formed and separate from each other, and to deploy the first elongate anchor and the second elongate anchor around the atrioventricular valve with the ends of the elongate anchors extending outwardly from the annulus tissue around the atrioventricular valve; and
a connector configured to link an expanded end of the first elongate anchor and an expanded end of the second elongate anchor.