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Heart valve sealing devices

  • US 9,907,652 B2
  • Filed: 07/07/2016
  • Issued: 03/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A prosthetic device for treating heart valve regurgitation comprising:

  • a radially compressible and radially expandable body having a first end, a second end, and an outer surface extending from the first end to the second end; and

    an anchor having a connection portion and a leaflet capture portion, wherein;

    the connection portion is coupled to the body such that the leaflet capture portion is biased against the outer surface of the body when the body is in a radially expanded state;

    the prosthetic device is configured to capture a leaflet of a native heart valve between the leaflet capture portion of the anchor and the outer surface of the body;

    the body is configured to prevent blood from flowing through the body in a direction extending from the first end to the second end and in a direction extending from the second end to the first end;

    the anchor and the body are configured to be anchored to only one of the native leaflets and can move with the captured leaflet toward and away from another native leaflet during a cardiac cycle.

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