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Harpoon Medical: Beating-Heart Mitral Valve Repair

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Harpoon Medical's Inc.'s beating heart mitral valve procedure uses an expanded polytetrafluorethylene anchor that replaces the non-functioning natural chordae tendineae. The anchor is inserted via a small incision between the ribs and into the leaflet to eliminate mitral valve regurgitation.

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