IP Library Granted Patent US 9,320,600
Granted Patent B2
US 9,320,600 · App. 14/642,476 · Granted Apr 26, 2016

Tissue shaping device

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Patent No.
US 9,320,600
App. No.
14/642,476
Granted
Apr 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart. Such tissue shaping device can include an expandable proximal anchor; a proximal anchor lock adapted to lock the proximal anchor in an expanded configuration; an expandable distal anchor; a distal anchor lock adapted to lock the distal anchor in an expanded configuration; and a connector disposed between the proximal anchor and the distal anchor, the connector having a substantially non-circular cross-section.

Claims (15)

1. A method of modifying the geometry of a mitral valve, comprising

delivering a tissue shaping device to a coronary sinus;

deploying a distal anchor from a delivery device and into the coronary sinus to allow the expandable distal anchor to expand;

locking the distal anchor in a locked configuration;

applying a proximal cinching force to the distal anchor to reshape tissue;

while maintaining the proximal cinching force, deploying the proximal anchor from the delivery device to allow the proximal anchor to expand.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising locking the proximal anchor in a locked configuration after allowing the proximal anchor to expand.

3. A tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart, the tissue shaping device comprising:

an expandable proximal anchor;

a proximal anchor lock adapted to lock the proximal anchor in an expanded configuration;

an expandable distal anchor;

a distal anchor lock adapted to lock the distal anchor in an expanded configuration; and

a connector disposed between the proximal anchor and the distal anchor, the connector having a substantially non-circular cross-section,

wherein the distal anchor lock comprises a bend in the connector.

4. The device of claim 3 wherein the distal anchor lock further comprises a compliant element adjacent the bend in the connector, the compliant element being adapted to change shape during a distal anchor locking operation.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2025
From: CLARET EUROPEAN SPECIALTY LENDING COMPANY III, S.À R.L.
To: CARDIAC DIMENSIONS PTY LTD
Reel/Frame 071936/0011 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 6, 2023
From: OXFORD FINANCE LLC
To: CARDIAC DIMENSIONS PTY LTD
Reel/Frame 064224/0199 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2023
From: CARDIAC DIMENSIONS PTY LTD
To: CLARET EUROPEAN SPECIALTY LENDING COMPANY III, S.A R.L
Reel/Frame 064181/0642 →
FIRST AMENDMENT TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 27, 2023
From: CARDIAC DIMENSIONS PTY LTD
To: OXFORD FINANCE LLC
Reel/Frame 063167/0447 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2018
From: CARDIAC DIMENSIONS PTY LTD
To: OXFORD FINANCE LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 045958/0663 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2015
From: NIEMINEN, GREGORY; ARONSON, NATHAN
To: CARDIAC DIMENSIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 036320/0287 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2015
From: CARDIAC DIMENSIONS, INC
To: CARDIAC DIMENSIONS PTY. LTD.
Reel/Frame 036320/0383 →