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Device for carrying out a transapical mitral valve annuloplasty

  • US 9,968,453 B2
  • Filed: 03/18/2014
  • Issued: 05/15/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for carrying out a transapical mitral valve annuloplasty, and adapted to be positioned in a sealed introducer arranged in a thoracic cavity between two ribs in order to penetrate into a left ventricle, passing through an apex of a heart, characterized in that the device comprises a body having a handle, an assembly that installs and secures a braid to a mitral ring with sutures, and at least one control member connected to said assembly enabling the extraction of said sutures through a mitral valve, said assembly comprising first and second portions arranged to anchor the braid to a periphery of a mitral annulus by exerting two opposing pressure-bearing forces with the first and second portions to clamp said sutures, characterized in that the assembly comprises a tubular arm including the first and second portions which can be separated after introduction into the left ventricle, the first portion receiving the sutures and being adapted to be brought into contact in a commisure between the mitral valve and a wall of the left ventricle, the second portion receiving the braid, and being adapted to pass through the mitral valve and to be positioned at right angles relative to an end of the first portion.

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