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Transcatheter heart valve leaflet plication

  • US 10,675,017 B2
  • Filed: 12/15/2017
  • Issued: 06/09/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for repairing a heart valve comprising:

  • inserting a device carrying first and second leaflet-capture arms into a heart of a patient;

    plicating a leaflet of the heart valve by engaging the leaflet with first and second leaflet-capture arms and moving the first and second leaflet-capture arms toward each other to plicate the leaflet between the first and second leaflet-capture arms, wherein engaging the leaflet with the first and second leaflet-capture arms comprises deploying leaflet-engaging members from respective shafts of the first and second leaflet-capture arms, and placing distal end portions of the leaflet-engaging members around a free edge of the leaflet;

    inserting a needle into the heart;

    inserting a helical portion of the needle through plicated tissue of the leaflet; and

    deploying a suture from the needle to form a helically extending stitch extending through the plicated tissue.

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