US 12,419,639 B2
Percutaneous clip for repairing a heart valve
Cristobal R. Hernandez, Santa Ana, CA (US); Gregory Bak-Boychuk, San Clemente, CA (US); and Emil Karapetian, Huntington Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on May 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/323,350.
Application 18/323,350 is a continuation of application No. 16/663,241, filed on Oct. 24, 2019, granted, now 11,690,621.
Application 16/663,241 is a continuation of application No. 14/959,903, filed on Dec. 4, 2015, granted, now 10,524,792, issued on Jan. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/087,530, filed on Dec. 4, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0293176 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/083 (2013.01) [A61B 17/10 (2013.01); A61B 17/1227 (2013.01); A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61F 2/2463 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00349 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0649 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A leaflet clip for implanting on first and second native leaflets of a heart valve, the leaflet clip comprising:
a center member;
first and second clipping arms movable between an open position and a closed position, the first and second clipping arms including respective first end portions coupled together and respective second end portions extending axially and radially outward relative to the first end portions;
a tubular member disposed about a portion of the center member and the first end portions of the first and second clipping arms;
wherein axial motion of the tubular member relative to the center member or axial motion of the center member relative to the tubular member causes corresponding movement of the first and second clipping arms between the open position and the closed position; and
wherein when the leaflet clip is implanted, the tubular member is configured to retain the first and second clipping arms in the closed position on opposite sides of the first and second native leaflets to press the first and second native leaflets against the center member and anchor the leaflet clip in place.