Cardiac valve repair devices with annuloplasty features and associated systems and methods
Summary
USPTO granted Medtronic, Inc. Patent No. US12594162B2 for cardiac valve repair devices with annuloplasty features and associated systems and methods. The patent covers devices for mitral valve repair including atrial fixation members, spring mechanisms, and methods for contracting the native mitral annulus. Medtronic now holds enforceable intellectual property rights to this cardiac device technology.
What changed
USPTO granted Medtronic, Inc. Patent No. US12594162B2 on April 7, 2026, covering cardiac valve repair devices with annuloplasty features and associated systems and methods. The patent describes devices for mitral valve repair including atrial fixation members, spring mechanisms, and methods for contracting the native mitral annulus. Medtronic receives enforceable intellectual property rights to this cardiac device technology.
Competitors developing similar annuloplasty or mitral valve repair devices should conduct thorough freedom-to-operate analyses and evaluate potential licensing needs. Medical device manufacturers and investors in the cardiac device space should monitor this development for competitive implications.
What to do next
- Review patent claims for freedom-to-operate analysis
- Assess potential infringement risks for competing cardiac device developers
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Cardiac valve repair devices with annuloplasty features and associated systems and methods
Grant US12594162B2 Kind: B2 Apr 07, 2026
Assignee
MEDTRONIC, INC.
Inventors
Hanson S. Gifford, III, Matthew McLean, Gaurav Krishnamurthy, Neil Zimmerman
Abstract
Cardiac valve repair devices with annuloplasty features and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A cardiac valve repair device configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, an atrial fixation member configured to engage tissue within a left atrium proximate to a native mitral valve and a spring mechanism coupled to an inferior edge portion of the atrial fixation member. The spring mechanism has an extended state with a first length corresponding to a dimension of the atrial fixation member in a deployed state and a relaxed state with a shorter length corresponding to a desired dimension of the native valve annulus. When implanted, the spring mechanism contracts the atrial fixation member such that the native mitral annulus anchored to the atrial fixation member reduces in a cross-sectional dimension.
CPC Classifications
A61F 2/2418 A61F 2/2442-2448 A61F 2002/8483-8486 A61F 2210/0004 A61F 2220/0016 A61F 2250/001 A61F 2250/0071
Filing Date
2022-10-25
Application No.
17973419
Claims
20
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