Patent ID: 8992606
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An implantable prosthetic device for repairing a mitral valve in a heart, the mitral valve having an annulus, two leaflets, and chordae tendinae, the device comprising: an annular body defining a plane and adapted for coupling with the annulus, and: one or more pads attached to the annular body and all disposed in the plane defined by the annular body, and extending radially inward from the annular body toward a center of the annulus, wherein the pads are adapted to be separated from the annular body after the annular body is implanted within the annulus, and the pads include one or more through holes that are adapted to receive and couple with a portion of one or more artificial cords, such that when the annular body is coupled to the annulus, a first end of the one or more artificial cords is coupled to papillary muscles in the heart and a second end of each artificial cord extends from the papillary muscles to one of the pads and is coupled thereto, such that after the artificial cords are coupled to the pads, the pads are separated from the annular body and are then each coupled to one of the leaflets.