Tissue anchors, systems and methods, and devices

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9358111
APP PUB NO 20140094906A1
SERIAL NO

14010950

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Systems, devices and methods for securing tissue including the annulus of a mitral valve. The systems, devices and methods may employ catheter based techniques and devices to plicate tissue and perform an annuloplasty. One of the methods includes positioning at least two discrete, flat first anchor elements along a first side of a tissue of the mitral valve annulus in stacked relationship and at least two other discrete, flat first anchor elements along the second side of the tissue of the mitral valve annulus in stacked relationship.

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EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATIONONE EDWARDS WAY IRVINE CALIFORNIA 92614 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Baim, Donald S Westwood, US 11 2239
Cahalane, Steven D Pelham, US 23 1635
Call, Aaron M Mesa, US 28 3392
Cutuli, Kate E Salem, US 5 122
Lane, Joseph P Methuen, US 44 2834
Maguire, Mark Hillsborough, US 19 4753
McNamara, Edward I Chelmsford, US 38 6035
Robinson, Jason H Windham, US 11 1319
Spence, Paul A Louisville, US 167 24474
Sugimoto, Hiroatsu Cambridge, US 41 6177

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