Patent ID: 9044246
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A device for repairing a cardiac valve, said device comprising: a flexible interventional catheter adapted to pass from the remote vasculature of a patient to be positioned within a heart of the patient adjacent to the cardiac valve; and a capture device on the interventional catheter comprising at least one distal element coupled to the catheter, wherein the distal element is protrudable radially outward and is adapted to press against a downstream surface of at least one leaflet, wherein the interventional catheter further comprises at least one fixation tool for fixing the valve leaflet to a second valve leaflet, and the fixation tool comprising a guide conduit extending from a distal end of a shaft of the catheter at a terminal end of the catheter and housing a penetrating device which has a suture and an anchor coupled with the suture.