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Methods and devices for performing cardiac valve repair

  • US 7,635,386 B1
  • Filed: 03/07/2007
  • Issued: 12/22/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for repairing a defective mitral or tricuspid valve, comprising:

  • creating an access in an apical region of a heart through which a defective cardiac valve is accessed;

    introducing a device through said access; and

    repairing said cardiac valve by use of said device,wherein the repairing comprisesreplacing one or more chordae tendineae, andusing said device to implant one or more artificial chordae tendineae, andwherein the one or more artificial chordae comprises a suture with one or more leaflets of the heart.

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