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Devices and methods for cardiac annulus stabilization and treatment

  • US 7,753,922 B2
  • Filed: 09/04/2003
  • Issued: 07/13/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for performing a procedure on annular tissue of a heart comprising:

  • an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end and a housing at the distal end of the elongate body;

    at least one anchor and a tether coupled to the at least one anchor through an eyelet of the anchora pivot mandrel releasably coupling the at least one tethered anchor to the housing through the eyelet, wherein the at least one anchor is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the pivot mandrel while the at least one anchor is releasably coupled to the pivot mandrel; and

    a balloon, wherein expansion of the balloon causes the at least one tethered anchor to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the pivot mandrel to deliver the at least one tethered anchor to the annular tissue.

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