US 12,251,310 B2
Device and assembly to repair a heart valve
Riccardo Vismara, Milan (IT); Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore, Milan (IT); Michal Jaworek, Seregno (IT); Edoardo Maroncelli, Seregno (IT); Federico Lucherini, Milan (IT); Eleonora Salurso, Milan (IT); Gianmarco Provaroni, Milan (IT); Guido Gelpi, Milan (IT); Claudia Romagnoni, Milan (IT); and Monica Contino, Milan (IT)
Assigned to Approxima Srl, Seregno (IT)
Filed by Approxima Srl, Seregno (IT)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/365,906.
Application 18/365,906 is a continuation of application No. 17/992,834, filed on Nov. 22, 2022, granted, now 11,766,331.
Application 17/992,834 is a continuation of application No. PCT/IB2021/054150, filed on May 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000012562 (IT), filed on May 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0404760 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2487 (2013.01) [A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0007 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly adapted to be implanted by a tool having a tool proximal portion and a distal portion, the assembly adapted for reshaping a cardiac ventricle of a heart in a patient, the assembly comprising:
an active anchor including an abutment portion adapted to abut against an exterior wall of the ventricle of the heart and a tether portion rotatably coupled to an interior structure of the abutment portion, the abutment portion having a first diameter larger than a second diameter of the tether portion such that each of the abutment portion and the tether portion are configured to independently couple with the tool;
an interventricular septum anchor for coupling to a septum of the heart; and
a tether having a working portion having a first length, extending between the active anchor and the septum anchor, and a proximal portion having a second length, extending through the abutment portion and into the tether portion;
wherein the abutment portion and the tether portion are configured such that a relative rotation of the tether portion with respect to the abutment portion portions adjusts the first length of the working portion and the second length of the proximal portion.