US 12,465,723 B2
Device and method for releasing catheters from cardiac structures
Huu Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US); Rob Kotmel, Burlingame, CA (US); Tiffany Mirchandani, San Jose, CA (US); Russel Sampson, Palo Alto, CA (US); and David Scott Baron, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Ancora Heart, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Ancora Heart, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/615,565.
Application 18/615,565 is a continuation of application No. 17/221,321, filed on Apr. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,964,112.
Application 17/221,321 is a continuation of application No. 15/572,757, granted, now 10,980,973, issued on Apr. 20, 2021, previously published as PCT/US2016/032220, filed on May 12, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/160,595, filed on May 12, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2025/0050065 A1, Feb. 13, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/0082 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61F 2/2445 (2013.01); A61F 2/2466 (2013.01); A61F 2/2487 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00292 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00309 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00783 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07221 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0096 (2013.01); A61M 2210/125 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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1. An implant delivery system comprising:
a catheter having a longitudinal axis and comprising a first elongate element lumen and a second elongate element lumen within the catheter;
a first elongate element within the first elongate element lumen;
a second elongate element within the second elongate element lumen; and
a plurality of pairs of first and second elongate element apertures, wherein for each pair of first and second elongate element apertures, the first elongate element extends out of the first elongate element lumen through the first elongate element aperture across a retaining portion of the catheter transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis and towards the second elongate element aperture, and the first elongate element extends into the second elongate element aperture, loops over the second elongate element, and extends back across the retaining portion and into the first elongate element lumen.