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SYSTEM USING A HELICAL RETAINER IN THE DIRECT PLICATION ANNULOPLASTY TREATMENT OF MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION

  • US 20090105816A1
  • Filed: 10/10/2008
  • Published: 04/23/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for the treatment of mitral valve regurgitation through direct plication annuloplasty of a patient comprising:

  • a deflecting guide catheter having an elongate body with lumen therethrough ending in a distal opening for insertion through the aortic valve into the left ventricle of the patient;

    a plication device having a set of opposing jaws operable to plicate tissue in the mitral valve of the patient;

    wherein the plication device comprises at least one helical retainer for retaining plications in tissue created by the opposing jaws.

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