USPTO Patent Application: Medical Delivery System for Heart Valve

ChangeBridge: Patent Apps - Medical Devices (A61M)

Published December 3rd, 2025

Detected March 26th, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has published a new patent application (US20260083446A1) for a medical delivery system designed for accessing and repairing a heart valve. The application was filed by Evalve, Inc. and details a system involving multiple steerable guide catheters.

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This document is a publication of a United States Patent Application (US20260083446A1) filed by Evalve, Inc. The application describes a medical delivery system for accessing and repairing a tricuspid valve via the inferior vena cava. Key components include an outer guide catheter and an inner guide catheter, both featuring steerable deflection portions to navigate within the vasculature.

As this is a patent application publication, it does not impose new regulatory requirements or compliance obligations on regulated entities. It serves as a notice of intellectual property being sought for a novel medical device. Compliance officers in the medical device sector should note this publication as part of their landscape monitoring for new technologies and potential future market entrants or licensing opportunities.

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Devices And Systems For Accessing And Repairing A Heart Valve

Application US20260083446A1 Kind: A1 Mar 26, 2026

Assignee

Evalve, Inc.

Inventors

Dylan T. Van Hoven, Michael F. Wei

Abstract

Medical delivery system for accessing a tricuspid valve via an inferior vena cava, including an outer guide catheter, an inner guide catheter and an interventional catheter. The first deflection portion of the outer guide catheter is steerable to define a first outer-guide-catheter curve and the second deflection portion of the outer guide catheter is steerable to define a second outer-guide-catheter curve and the first deflection portion of the inner guide catheter is steerable to define a first inner-guide-catheter curve.