US 11,883,294 B2
Systems and devices for setting an anchor
Arie Tylis, Kiryat Motzkin (IL); Nikolai Gurovich, Hadera (IL); Eran Goldberg, Nesher (IL); Boaz Manash, Givat Ada (IL); Dan Rottenberg, Haifa (IL); Hagar Adika, Tel Aviv (IL); Tal Regev, Tel Mond (IL); Dikla Kersh, Karkur (IL); Danny M. Garmahi, Hadera (IL); Hernan Altman, Kiryat Tivon (IL); and Amir Blumenfeld, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/663,626.
Application 17/663,626 is a continuation of application No. 16/669,447, filed on Oct. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,331,189, issued on May 17, 2022.
Application 16/669,447 is a continuation of application No. 15/353,657, filed on Nov. 16, 2016, granted, now 10,463,492, issued on Nov. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/256,524, filed on Nov. 17, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/256,527, filed on Nov. 17, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0273438 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2487 (2013.01) [A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/0883 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/42 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61F 2/2445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00783 (2013.01); A61B 2017/042 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0419 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61F 2/2466 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A self-expandable heart anchor comprising:
a ring having a ring-shaped configuration and a straightened configuration;
a cord; and
a cover having a first end coupled to the ring and a second end coupled to the cord when the ring is in the straightened configuration, and the cover having a plurality of triangular or wedge-shaped portions extending between the first end and the second end when the ring is in the ring-shaped configuration, each of the plurality of triangular or wedge-shaped portions being separated from an adjacent one of the plurality of triangular or wedge-shaped portions with a space when the ring is in the straightened configuration.