Abstract: Systems and methods for securing tissue including the annulus of a mitral valve. The systems and methods may employ catheter based techniques and devices to plicate tissue and perform an annuloplasty. Magnets may be used for guidance in deploying fasteners from a catheter. The fasteners are cinched with a flexible tensile member.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 22, 2006
Publication date:
April 12, 2007
Applicant:
MITRALIGN, INC.
Inventors:
Paul Spence, Mark Maguire, Matthew Murphy, Ed McNamara, Michael Sansoucy
Abstract: Catheter based systems and methods for securing tissue including the annulus of a mitral valve. The systems and methods employ catheter based techniques and devices to plicate tissue and perform an annuloplasty.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 24, 2004
Date of Patent:
January 23, 2007
Assignee:
Mitralign, Inc.
Inventors:
Paul A. Spence, Mark Maguire, Michael R. Sansoucy, Walter Bruszewski
Abstract: The present invention relates to a minimally invasive method of performing annuloplasty. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for performing annuloplasty includes accessing a left ventricle of a heart to provide a discrete plication element to the left ventricle, and engaging the plication element to tissue near a mitral valve of the heart. Engaging the plication element includes causing the plication element to gather a portion of the tissue to create a plication. In one embodiment, accessing the left ventricle of the heart to provide the plication element includes accessing the left ventricle of the heart using a catheter arrangement.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 18, 2003
Date of Patent:
May 2, 2006
Assignee:
Mitralign, Inc.
Inventors:
Edwin J. Hlavka, Jonathan L. Podmore, Paul A. Spence
Abstract: A minimally invasive method of performing annuloplasty. According to one aspect, a method for performing annuloplasty includes creating a first plication in the tissue near a mitral valve of a heart, using at least a first plication element, and creating a second plication in the tissue near the mitral valve such that the second plication is substantially coupled to the first plication.