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RE40377 Means and method of replacing a heart valve in a minimally invasive manner  
A heart valve can be replaced using minimally invasive methods which include a sutureless sewing cuff that and a fastener delivery tool that holds the cuff against the patient's tissue while...
7381219 Low profile heart valve and delivery system  
Apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve, including: a delivery catheter having a diameter of 21 french or less; an expandable anchor disposed within the delivery catheter;...
7357814 Method of determining size of cardiac prosthesis  
A sizing apparatus and a method for ascertaining a size for a cardiac prosthesis are disclosed. Specifically, the sizing is implemented by positioning a contact member at a patient's heart valve...
7329279 Methods and apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve  
Methods for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve. In some embodiments, the method includes the steps of endovascularly delivering a replacement valve and an anchor to a vicinity of the...
7326221 Ligature and suture device for medical application, and ligaturing and suturing method for medical application  
A ligature and suture device for medical application includes a distal end insertion portion, a needle body, a ligature tool, and an operation section. The operation section includes a housing that...
7320704 Nonstented temporary valve for cardiovascular therapy  
A method of treating a patient utilizes a temporary valve. In one embodiment, an inflatable structure of a temporary valve is inflated at a cardiovascular site in fluid communication with a native...
7258698 Prosthetic heart valve sizer assembly with flexible sizer body  
A flexible sizer body for evaluating a valve annulus to determine a size of a prosthetic heart valve to be sewn to the valve annulus during heart valve replacement surgery. The prosthetic heart...
7241310 Method and apparatus for reducing mitral regurgitation  
A method and device for reducing mitral regurgitation. An elongated body is positioned in a coronary sinus of a patient in a vicinity of a heart mitral valve posterior leaflet. The body is adapted...
7226477 Apparatuses and methods for heart valve repair  
A medical device for treating a defective heart valve. The medical device comprises a delivery sheath and an implantable device moveably disposed within the delivery sheath. The implantable device...
7217287 Method of treating diseased valve  
A device and method for improving flow through a native blood vessel valve, such as the aortic valve, are provided. The present invention allows a miniature valve to be implanted into affected...
7201768 Method and device for retrieving embolic coils  
A method and device are disclosed for retrieving embolic coils used for treating an aneurysm of a patient. The method comprises the steps of providing a wire device that is pushable through a...
7175660 Apparatus for implanting surgical devices for controlling the internal circumference of an anatomic orifice or lumen  
A system for implanting a surgical device to control the circumference of internal anatomic passages corrects physiologic dysfunctions resulting from a structural lumen which is either too large or...
7175659 Automatic suture fixation apparatus and method for minimally invasive cardiac surgery  
An apparatus for automatically fixing sutures used in the surgical replacement of a heart valve, includes a first cylinder having a first end and a second end and an interior surface and an...
7160322 Implantable cardiac prosthesis for mitigating prolapse of a heart valve  
An apparatus helps improve operation of a heart valve. The apparatus includes an arcuate base portion having a central axis and a buttress extending from the base portion axially relative to the...
7156872 Implantable valve system  
An implantable valve having a valve element or leaflet and a base that is attachable to a vessel wall using a connector such as a screw, pin or a staple. The valve can be implanted using a catheter...
7118595 Flexible annuloplasty prosthesis and holder  
A valve repair system, preferably including an annuloplasty prosthesis and a holder for the prosthesis. The holder includes a first component having a central opening, a circumferential surface and...
7101395 Method and apparatus for tissue connection  
A tissue connecting device is provided. The device comprise an elongate delivery device having a lumen, a proximal end, and a distal end. The distal end is configured to engage tissue and advance...
7077862 Devices and methods for heart valve treatment  
Devices and methods for treating heart valves include members that assist the valve in closing during at least a portion of the cardiac cycle. Such devices include members configured to alter the...
7077861 Annuloplasty instrument  
A device for repairing a heart valve comprises an implantation instrument. The implantation instrument comprises a first support ring, and a second support ring connected to said first support ring...
7066954 Annuloplasty system  
An annuloplasty system including an annuloplasty prosthesis and a holder for the prosthesis.
7041132 Percutaneously delivered heart valve and delivery means thereof  
This invention discloses a percutaneous delivered heart valve and delivery means thereof, wherein the percutaneous delivered heart valve is a twistedly foldable heart valve prosthesis comprising a...
7018407 Valve holder for tricuspid heart valve  
A holding device for a tricuspid prosthetic tissue heart valve which permits the commissure support struts to be drawn toward one another by increasing the tension on the threads which attach the...
7011681 Bioprosthetic cardiovascular valve system  
A cardiovascular valve system including a permanent base unit that is affixed to the patient using conventional sutures or staples, and a collapsible valve having a collapsible frame that mates...
6966926 Mitral valve therapy assembly and method  
An assembly for effecting the condition of a mitral valve of a heart includes a mitral valve therapy device, a guide wire, and a guide tube. The mitral valve therapy device is configured to reshape...
6966925 Heart valve holder and method for resisting suture looping  
An improved holder and method for implanting a tissue-type prosthetic mitral heart valve that prevents suture looping and may also constrict the commissure posts of the valve. An upstanding or...
6966924 Annuloplasty ring holder  
An annuloplasty ring holder includes a first member and a second member. The first and second members are configured to provide relative movement therebetween to engage an annuloplasty ring.
6964684 Annuloplasty devices and related heart valve repair methods  
Devices for repairing and replacing a heart valve in various embodiments, the devices include at least first and second support rings connected together in a coiled configuration to abut opposite...
6964682 Heart valve holder that resist suture looping  
An improved holder, system and method for implanting a tissue-type prosthetic mitral heart valve that prevents suture looping and may also constrict the commissure posts of the valve. The holder...
6962605 Minimally-invasive annuloplasty repair segment delivery template and system  
An annuloplasty repair segment and template for heart valve annulus repair. The elongate flexible template may form a distal part of a holder that also has a proximal handle. Alternatively, the...
6949122 Focused compression mitral valve device and method  
A mitral valve therapy device and method treats dilated cardiomyopathy. The device is configured to be placed in the coronary sinus of a heart adjacent to the mitral valve annulus. The device...
6945978 Heart valve catheter  
A medical device and method for treating a heart valve. In one embodiment, the medical device has a catheter, at least one needle disposed within the catheter, and a nonadjustable fastener...
6908481 Value prosthesis for implantation in body channels  
A valve prosthesis which is especially useful in the case of aortic stenosis and capable of resisting the powerful recoil force and to stand the forceful balloon inflation performed to deploy the...
6902524 Cardiac disease treatment and device  
A jacket of biological compatible material has an internal volume dimensioned for an apex of the heart to be inserted into the volume and for the jacket to be slipped over the heart. The jacket has...
6893459 Heart valve annulus device and method of using same  
A method of implanting a universal heart valve prosthetic anchor device for receipt of a mating occluder. The anchor device includes a pair of rings axially shiftable from a retracted to a deployed...
6883522 Heart valve and apparatus for replacement thereof  
Apparatus and methods for replacing a heart valve within a vessel. The apparatus includes a replacement heart valve and a plurality of commisure stabilizers connected to the commisures of the heart...
6881224 Fatigue test for prosthetic stent  
An improved method for testing a stent for a prosthetic valve includes applying a load with a fluid against a stented test structure in a backward direction with the stented test structure...
6875224 Devices and methods for percutaneous mitral valve repair  
Devices and methods are provided for diagnosing and repairing mitral valve defects such as mitral valve regurgitation. According to an exemplary method, mitral valve function is visualized by...
6846324 Combination anatomical orifice sizer and heart valve  
Anatomical orifice sizers that are optimally proportional to an associated prosthetic device such as a heart valve, and methods of use are provided. The sizers are desirably slightly larger than...
6830585 Percutaneously deliverable heart valve and methods of implantation  
This invention discloses a percutaneously deliverable heart valve and methods of implantation thereof comprising a valve implantation system to be placed at a body channel of a patient comprising a...
6830584 Device for replacing a cardiac valve by percutaneous route  
A device for replacing a cardiac valve includes an elongated support element ( 2 ), two series of elongated blades ( 30 ) arranged around the circumference of the elongated elements ( 2 ), where...
6802860 Annuloplasty ring delivery system  
An assembly for holding a substantially flexible suture guide of predetermined length in a substantially taut position used to achieve a suture line having a dimension equal to the length of the...
6786925 Driver tool with multiple drive gear layers for heart prosthesis fasteners  
A driver tool drives multiple fasteners simultaneously through the outer ring of a heart valve component into the surrounding tissue annulus of a heart. The driver tool includes two stacked...
6786924 Annuloplasty band and method  
An annuloplasty band comprising a sheath, and a generally arcuate stiffening element disposed within the sheath. The stiffening element extends from a first end to a second end, and preferably...
6769434 Method and apparatus for performing a procedure on a cardiac valve  
A method for deploying an aortic valve prosthesis includes the steps of: making a first opening leading to the left atrium; passing the valve prosthesis through the opening and into a cardiac...
6767362 Minimally-invasive heart valves and methods of use  
Expandable heart valves for minimally invasive valve replacement surgeries are disclosed. In a first embodiment, an expandable pre-assembled heart valve includes a plastically-expandable annular...
6764508 Method and device for inserting implants into human organs  
In a method for inserting an implant, such as a biological or artificial heart valve into a human organ, first the implant is provided with an adapter element, then a receiver element that is...
6736845 Holder for flexible heart valve  
A holder for a highly flexible tissue-type heart valve is disclosed that maintains an implant shape to the valve. The holder may have cusp and commissure contacting supports, and may be attached at...
6723122 Container and method for storing and delivering minimally-invasive heart valves  
Storage containers for expandable heart valves for minimally invasive valve replacement surgeries are disclosed. The containers permit an expandable valve to be stored in its expanded configuration...
6719785 Aortic heart valve prosthesis implantation tool  
Improved tools for visualizing, sizing and/or marking include a prosthesis template with a diameter approximately equal to the diameter of an aortic heart valve prosthesis. In preferred...
6702852 Method for retrofitting a heart valve holder  
An improved holder, system and method for implanting a tissue-type prosthetic heart mitral valve that constricts the commissure posts of the valve and allows the user to detach the handle of the...
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