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Transvenous staples, assembly and method for mitral valve repair

  • US 7,004,958 B2
  • Filed: 03/06/2002
  • Issued: 02/28/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for effecting mitral valve annulus geometry of a heart, the device comprising:

  • first and second leg portions, each leg portion terminating in a tissue piercing end; and

    a connection portion extending between the first and second leg portions, the connection portion having an initial stressed and distorted configuration to separate the first and second leg portions by a first distance when the tissue piercing ends pierce the mitral valve annulus and a final unstressed and undistorted configuration after the tissue piercing ends pierce the mitral valve annulus to separate the first and second leg portions by a second distance, the second distance being shorter than the first distance, wherein the initial configuration of the connection portion is a first arched configuration and the final configuration of the connection portion is a second arched configuration, the second arched configuration being arched in a direction opposite the first arched configuration.

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