19018270. PERCUTANEOUS CLIP FOR REPAIRING A HEART VALVE (EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION)

PERCUTANEOUS CLIP FOR REPAIRING A HEART VALVE

Organization Name

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor(s)

Cristobal R. Hernandez of Santa Ana CA US

Gregory Bak-boychuk of San Clemente CA US

Emil Karapetian of Huntington Beach CA US

PERCUTANEOUS CLIP FOR REPAIRING A HEART VALVE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 19018270 titled 'PERCUTANEOUS CLIP FOR REPAIRING A HEART VALVE

Original Abstract Submitted

Valve repair systems and clips attachable to one or more leaflets of a heart valve. The systems and clips can have an elongated member and a pair of arms. The pair of arms are movable between an open position and a closed position. The pair of arms are movable from the open position to the closed position to pinch the one or more leaflets of the heart valve between the pair of arms and the elongated member.