Patent Application Titled "Clip Delivery Catheter with Helical Multi-Lumen Extrusion for Improved Gripper Actuation and Methods of Making and Using Same" Published Online (USPTO 20240268957).

Evalve Inc., a medical device company based in Santa Clara, California, has filed a patent application for a clip delivery catheter with a helical multi-lumen extrusion. The invention aims to improve the actuation of grippers used in mitral valve repair procedures. Mitral valve regurgitation, which can lead to heart failure, is often treated with open-heart surgery, but this new technique offers a less invasive alternative. The patent application provides detailed descriptions of the interventional tool and its method of actuating a medical device. [Extracted from the article]