US 12,239,312 B2
Anchors and locks for percutaneous valve implants
Eli Bar, Megadim (IL); Elad Yaacoby, Kfar Shmuel (IL); and Dan Salzman, Jerusalem (IL)
Assigned to Valfix Medical Ltd, Tel-Aviv (IL)
Filed by Valfix Medical Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/438,473.
Application 18/438,473 is a division of application No. 17/342,605, filed on Jun. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,931,021.
Application 17/342,605 is a continuation of application No. 16/962,233, granted, now 11,058,411, issued on Jul. 13, 2021, previously published as PCT/IB2020/050228, filed on Jan. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/791,912, filed on Jan. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0180544 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61F 2/2445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0412 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0477 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0081 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0091 (2013.01); A61F 2250/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0063 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for locking an intrabody implant over a thread passing through the implant, the method comprising:
advancing a lock body, which includes at least one rotatable element, to the implant over the thread; and
subsequently to advancing the lock body to the implant, rotating the rotatable element such that the lock body grips the thread proximally to the implant, wherein rotating the rotatable element comprises rotating the rotatable element by fitting a ring over the lock body “after” proximally to the implant.