HEART VALVE COAPTATION DEVICE

A device for repairing a heart valve includes a first clip and a second clip. The first clip comprises an inner portion and an outer portion. The inner and outer portions of the first clip are configured to compress tissue of a first heart valve leaflet therebetween to secure the first clip to the f...

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1. Verfasser:	Cao, Hengchu
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS DIAGNOSIS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES SURGERY TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	A device for repairing a heart valve includes a first clip and a second clip. The first clip comprises an inner portion and an outer portion. The inner and outer portions of the first clip are configured to compress tissue of a first heart valve leaflet therebetween to secure the first clip to the first leaflet. The second clip comprises an inner portion and an outer portion. The inner and outer portions of the second clip are configured to compress tissue of a second heart valve leaflet therebetween to secure the second clip to the second leaflet. The first and second clips are configured to be separately deployable onto the first and second leaflets and secured to one another in vivo to bring portions of the first and second leaflets into closer proximity to each other.