Technology ID
              TAB-2598
          Device for Non-Surgical Tricuspid Valve Annuloplasty
E-Numbers
          E-027-2013-0
              Lead Inventor
          Lederman, Robert
              Lead IC
          NHLBI
              Co-Inventors
          Rogers, Toby
          Ratnayaka, Kanishka
              ICs
          NHLBI
              Development Status
              - Prototype
 - Pre-clinical
 - In vitro data available
 - In vivo data available (animal)
 
This is a non-surgical tricuspid annuloplasty to treat functional tricuspid valve regurgitation, meaning regurgitation with intact valve leaflets.  The device is delivered using novel catheter techniques into the pericardial space and positioned along the atrioventricular groove.  A compression member is positioned along the tricuspid annular free wall and tension applied through a variably-applied tension element.  In the best embodiment, the compression member has an M shaped portion with at least two inflection points between the segments of difference curvatures.
      
  Commercial Applications
              - Valvular heart disease
 - Tricuspid valve annuloplasty
 
Competitive Advantages
              - Non-surgical catheter treatment of valve disease
 - Tricuspid valve
 
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