Patents Assigned to Mitracore Technologies Inc.
  • Patent number: 9770256
    Abstract: A medical device for safely and effectively removing a clip or a suture from a heart valve is operable in association with a guidewire for positioning the device in proximity to the heart valve. The apparatus may include a blade for cutting a tissue bridge including the clip and an arrangement for removing the tissue bridge from the heart valve. The apparatus may include two arms that secure the clip. The blade may be deployed to core out a central portion of a tissue bridge, including the clip or the suture, from the heart valve. The blade may be activated by an actuator. A retrieval member may be configured to capture the tissue bridge and the clip or suture after excision by the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: MITRACORE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Gideon Cohen, Etienne Lagace, Marwane Berrada, Charles Perkins, Boby Chu
  • Publication number: 20140228871
    Abstract: A medical device for safely and effectively removing a clip or a suture from a heart valve is operable in association with a guidewire for positioning the device in proximity to the heart valve. The apparatus may include a blade for cutting a tissue bridge including the clip and an arrangement for removing the tissue bridge from the heart valve. The apparatus may include two arms that secure the clip. The blade may be deployed to core out a central portion of a tissue bridge, including the clip or the suture, from the heart valve. The blade may be activated by an actuator. A retrieval member may be configured to capture the tissue bridge and the clip or suture after excision by the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Mitracore Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Gideon Cohen, Etienne Lagace, Marwane Berrada, Charles Perkins, Boby Chu