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Granted Patent B2
US 12,208,009 · App. 17/410,632 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Minimally invasive heart valve repair in a beating heart

Inventor: Andrea Colli (Padua, IT)
Assignee: NeoChord, Inc.
A61F2/2466A61B17/0469A61B17/0482A61B17/0487A61B17/06004A61B17/0625A61F2/2457A61B2017/00349A61B2017/00694A61B2017/00783A61B2017/0404A61B2017/0475A61B2017/048A61B2017/0488A61B2017/0496A61B2017/06042
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Patent No.
US 12,208,009
App. No.
17/410,632
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method of repairing a heart valve accesses an interior of a patient's beating heart minimally invasively and inserts one or more sutures into each of a plurality of heart valve leaflets with a suturing instrument. The suture ends of the sutures are divided into suture pairs, with each pair including one suture end from a suture inserted into a first valve leaflet and one suture end from a suture inserted into a second valve leaflet. One or more tourniquet tubes is advanced over the suture pairs to the leaflets to draw the sutures together to coapt the leaflets and then the sutures are secured in that position.

Claims (29)

1. A method of performing an edge to edge repair of a heart valve in a beating heart of a patient, comprising:

intravascularly accessing an interior of a beating heart of a patient with a suturing device;

inserting a first suture into a first valve leaflet of a heart valve in the beating heart with the suturing device;

inserting a second suture into a second valve leaflet of the heart valve with the suturing device;

inserting the first suture and the second suture through a clip;

inserting a deployment tube carrying the clip intravascularly into the heart;

applying tension to the first suture and the second suture with the first suture and the second suture inserted through the clip until the first suture and the second suture are drawn into a coaptation tension in which the first valve leaflet and the second valve leaflet are in a coapted position; and

deploying the clip off of the deployment tube and onto the first suture and the second suture to secure the sutures at the coaptation tension, wherein deploying the clip off of the deployment tube includes rotating the deployment tube.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein intravascularly accessing an interior of the beating heart of the patient includes accessing the heart transfemorally.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein intravascularly accessing an interior of the beating heart of the patient includes accessing the left ventricle transeptally.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the deploying the clip onto the first suture and the second suture includes rotating the deployment tube in a first direction to tighten the clip around the first suture and the second suture and rotating the deployment tube in a second direction to deploy the clip off of the deployment tube.

5. The method of 1 , further comprising threading the first suture and the second suture through an opening in the clip.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein threading the first suture and the second suture through an opening in the clip includes inserting first and second free ends of each of the first suture and the second suture through the opening in the clip.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising compressing the clip around the first suture and the second suture to hold the first suture and the second suture at the coaptation tension.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising inserting the first suture and the second suture through the clip outside of the heart and advancing the clip to the first valve leaflet and the second valve leaflet along the first suture and the second suture.

9. A method of performing an edge to edge repair of a heart valve in a beating heart of a patient, comprising:

intravascularly accessing an interior of a beating heart of a patient with a suturing device;

inserting one or more sutures through a first valve leaflet and a second valve leaflet;

inserting the one or more sutures through a clip;

inserting a deployment tube carrying the clip intravascularly into the heart;

applying tension to the one or more sutures with the one or more sutures inserted through the clip until the one or more sutures are drawn into a coaptation tension in which the first valve leaflet and the second valve leaflet are in a coapted position; and

deploying the clip off of the deployment tube and onto the one or more sutures to secure the sutures at the coaptation tension, wherein deploying the clip off of the deployment tube includes rotating the deployment tube.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein intravascularly accessing an interior of the beating heart of the patient includes accessing the heart transfemorally.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein intravascularly accessing an interior of the beating heart of the patient includes accessing the left ventricle transeptally.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the deploying the clip onto the one or more sutures includes rotating the deployment tube in a first directed to tighten the clip around the one or more sutures and rotating the deployment tube in a second direction to deploy the clip off of the deployment tube.

13. The method of 9 , further comprising threading the one or more sutures through an opening in the clip.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein threading the one or more sutures through an opening in the clip includes inserting first and second free ends of each of the one or more sutures through the opening in the clip.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising compressing the clip around the one or more sutures to hold the one or more sutures at the coaptation tension.

16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising inserting the one or more sutures through the clip outside of the heart and advancing the clip to the first valve leaflet and the second valve leaflet along the one or more sutures.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2021
From: COLLI, ANDREA
To: NEOCHORD, INC.
Reel/Frame 057984/0886 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16251561 · Jan 18, 2019
Continuation 15662565 · Jul 28, 2017
Provisional Application 62479632 · Mar 31, 2017
Related Publication 20220039955A1 · Feb 10, 2022
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