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US 12,193,936 · App. 17/655,974 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Mitral valve annuloplasty device with twisted anchor

Inventors: Gregory D. Nieminen (Bothell, WA); Carly A. Thaler (Seattle, WA)
Assignee: Cardiac Dimensions Pty. Ltd.
A61F2/2466A61F2/2442A61F2/2451
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Patent No.
US 12,193,936
App. No.
17/655,974
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods of minimally-invasively treating mitral valve regurgitation. The methods include advancing an intraluminal cardiac device in a collapsed configuration into a coronary sinus, retracting a catheter proximally within the coronary sinus to cause a first expandable anchor of the device to self-expand within the coronary sinus, retracting the catheter proximally within the coronary sinus to expose a connecting member of the device, pulling proximally on the cardiac device to reshape mitral valve tissue to reduce mitral valve regurgitation, retracting the catheter proximally within the coronary sinus to cause a second expandable anchor of the device to self-expand within the coronary sinus, and releasing the intraluminal cardiac device from a delivery device.

Claims (16)

1. A method of minimally-invasively treating mitral valve regurgitation, the method comprising:

advancing an intraluminal cardiac device in a collapsed configuration into a coronary sinus, the intraluminal cardiac device comprising a first expandable anchor, a second expandable anchor, a connecting member extending therebetween, a distal end, a proximal end, and an axis that extends between the distal and proximal ends and along the connecting member;

retracting a catheter proximally within the coronary sinus to cause the first expandable anchor to self-expand within the coronary sinus to an expanded configuration in which first and second arm segments of the first expandable anchor extend proximally from a distal end of the first anchor and meet each other at an apex where the first segment passes over the second segment and then under the second segment and then over the second segment, and in which the second segment passes under the first segment and then over the first segment and then under the first segment, and wherein in the expanded configuration the first segment extends below the axis and away from the apex and forms a first stress relief portion, the second segment extending below the axis and away from the apex and forming a second stress relief portion,

retracting the catheter proximally within the coronary sinus to expose the connecting member;

pulling proximally on the cardiac device to reshape mitral valve tissue to reduce mitral valve regurgitation;

retracting the catheter proximally within the coronary sinus to cause the second expandable anchor to self-expand within the coronary sinus to an expanded configuration; and

releasing the intraluminal cardiac device from a delivery device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the collapsed configuration the apex is radially closer to the axis than in the expanded configuration, and wherein in the collapsed configuration the apex is axially displaced relative to an axial position of the apex in the expanded configuration.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first expandable anchor is a distal expandable anchor.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising pushing distally on the distal anchor to lock the distal anchor in a locked configuration.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second expandable anchor is a proximal expandable anchor.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising pushing distally on the proximal anchor to lock the proximal anchor in a locked configuration.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first expandable anchor is a distal expandable anchor and the second expandable anchor is a proximal expandable anchor, and wherein pulling proximally on the cardiac device is initiated at a time prior to causing the proximal expandable anchor to self-expand within the coronary sinus.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein pulling proximally on the cardiac device is initiated at a time subsequent to retracting the catheter proximally within the coronary sinus expose the connecting member.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein pulling proximally on the cardiac device comprises pulling proximally on the delivery device.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the connecting member comprises first and second connectors extending between the first and second anchors, and wherein retracting the catheter proximally within the coronary sinus to expose the connecting member comprises retracting the catheter proximally within the coronary sinus to expose the first and second connectors.

Assignments (7)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2025
From: CARDIAC DIMENSIONS PTY. LTD
To: FORTRESS CREDIT CORP., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 071978/0523 →
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2023
From: NIEMINEN, GREGORY D.; THALER, CARLY A.
To: CARDIAC DIMENSIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 063042/0112 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2023
From: CARDIAC DIMENSIONS, INC.
To: CARDIAC DIMENSIONS PTY. LTD.
Reel/Frame 063042/0266 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17466706 · Sep 3, 2021
Continuation 16568055 · Sep 11, 2019
Continuation 15368467 · Dec 2, 2016
Continuation 11458040 · Jul 17, 2006
Related Publication 20220211502A1 · Jul 7, 2022
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