	US 12,226,096 B2
	Tissue anchor handling systems and methods
Haim Brauon, Beit Dagan (IL); Ehud Aviv, Costa Mesa, CA (US); Brian Patrick Murphy, Costa Mesa, CA (US); Praveen De Silva, Irvine, CA (US); Kevin K. Dang, Garden Grove, CA (US); Omar Fawzi Azanki, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US); Tomer Golan, Laguna Hills, CA (US); Aaron Anan Ness, Stamford, CT (US); Tal Reich, Moledet (IL); Luis Molina, Corona, CA (US); and Sam Shafigh, Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd., Caesarea (IL)
Filed by Valtech Cardio Ltd., Caesarea (IL)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/528,897.
Application 17/528,897 is a continuation of application No. PCT/IB2020/000472, filed on May 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/853,850, filed on May 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0071620 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 90/53 (2016.01)

CPC A61B 17/0487 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0485 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 90/53 (2016.02)]

25 Claims

1. An apparatus for use with a tissue anchor and an anchor driver, the apparatus comprising:

a housing, shaped to define a channel, the channel:

having (i) an anchor-storage zone, and (ii) a proximal opening configured to provide access for the anchor driver to the anchor-storage zone, and

configured to enable sliding of the tissue anchor therewithin to be stored in the anchor-storage zone; and

a retaining member:

shaped to define a cradle for cradling and holding the tissue anchor in the anchor-storage zone, and

comprising a pillar pivotable with respect to the cradle, and configured to support the tissue anchor at the cradle.