Patent ID: 8968393
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A system for minimally invasive repair of a mitral valve, the system comprising: a delivery catheter terminating at a distal end; a capture body including a center portion and opposing, first and second legs extending from the center portion, wherein the capture body is self-transitionable from a collapsed arrangement to a normal arrangement in which extension of the legs from the center portion defines a common wind direction; and a surgical fastener including a first self-closing clip configured to self-transition from a deflected arrangement to an undeflected arrangement in which the clip forms a loop; wherein the system is configured to provide: a delivery state in which the capture body and the surgical fastener are slidably disposed within the catheter and forced to the collapsed arrangement and the deflected arrangement, respectively, a chordae capture state in which the capture body legs are distal the distal end and self-assume the normal arrangement for capturing chordae connected to a mitral valve, a release state in which the surgical fastener is released from the distal end of the catheter and the clip self-transitions toward the undeflected arrangement for securing edges of opposing leaflets of the mitral valve.