Patents Assigned to MITRASPAN, INC
  • Method and apparatus for repairing a mitral valve
    Patent number: 9011531
    Abstract: A method for repairing a mitral valve, the method comprising: positioning a crossing guidewire across the mitral valve, the crossing guidewire passing through the annulus of the mitral valve at a first location and passing through the annulus of the mitral valve at a second location; using the crossing guidewire to position a spanning implant across the mitral valve, with the spanning implant extending from the first location to the second location; anchoring the spanning implant at the first location; tensioning the spanning implant so as to draw the first location and the second location together; and anchoring the spanning implant at the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: MitraSpan, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Rourke, Stanley B. Kyi
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPAIRING A MITRAL VALVE
    Publication number: 20130211513
    Abstract: A method for repairing a mitral valve, the method comprising: positioning a crossing guidewire across the mitral valve, the crossing guidewire passing through the annulus of the mitral valve at a first location and passing through the annulus of the mitral valve at a second location; using the crossing guidewire to position a spanning implant across the mitral valve, with the spanning implant extending from the first location to the second location; anchoring the spanning implant at the first location; tensioning the spanning implant so as to draw the first location and the second location together; and anchoring the spanning implant at the second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: MITRASPAN, INC
    Inventor: MITRASPAN, INC