AU2010306762C1 - Percutaneous transvalvular intraannular band for mitral valve repair - Google Patents

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AU2010306762C1
AU2010306762C1 AU2010306762A AU2010306762A AU2010306762C1 AU 2010306762 C1 AU2010306762 C1 AU 2010306762C1 AU 2010306762 A AU2010306762 A AU 2010306762A AU 2010306762 A AU2010306762 A AU 2010306762A AU 2010306762 C1 AU2010306762 C1 AU 2010306762C1
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Jeffrey Christian
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Michael L. Reo
Valavanur A. Subramanian
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/24—Heart valves ; Vascular valves, e.g. venous valves; Heart implants, e.g. passive devices for improving the function of the native valve or the heart muscle; Transmyocardial revascularisation [TMR] devices; Valves implantable in the body
    • A61F2/2442—Annuloplasty rings or inserts for correcting the valve shape; Implants for improving the function of a native heart valve
    • A61F2/2454—Means for preventing inversion of the valve leaflets, e.g. chordae tendineae prostheses
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    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/24—Heart valves ; Vascular valves, e.g. venous valves; Heart implants, e.g. passive devices for improving the function of the native valve or the heart muscle; Transmyocardial revascularisation [TMR] devices; Valves implantable in the body
    • A61F2/2442—Annuloplasty rings or inserts for correcting the valve shape; Implants for improving the function of a native heart valve
    • A61F2/2466—Delivery devices therefor

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US12/579,330 2009-10-14
US12/579,330 US20100121435A1 (en) 2008-04-16 2009-10-14 Percutaneous transvalvular intrannular band for mitral valve repair
US12/579,331 2009-10-14
US12/579,364 2009-10-14
US12/579,331 US20100121437A1 (en) 2008-04-16 2009-10-14 Transvalvular intraannular band and chordae cutting for ischemic and dilated cardiomyopathy
US12/579,364 US20100131057A1 (en) 2008-04-16 2009-10-14 Transvalvular intraannular band for aortic valve repair
PCT/US2010/052695 WO2011047168A1 (en) 2009-10-14 2010-10-14 Percutaneous transvalvular intraannular band for mitral valve repair

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