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Methods and apparatus for cardiac valve repair

  • US 20040003819A1
  • Filed: 07/03/2003
  • Published: 01/08/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/09/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of repairing a valve in a patient'"'"'s body, the valve having a plurality of movable leaflets, the leaflets having a superior surface on a first side and an inferior surface on an opposing side, the method comprising:

  • positioning a coapting device near the valve, the coapting device having a pair of movable arms, engaging the inferior surfaces of the leaflets with the arms;

    manipulating the arms to hold the leaflets in a coapted position in which at least portions of the superior surfaces face each other; and

    implanting the coapting device in the patient'"'"'s heart to maintain the leaflets in the coapted position.

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