US 12,257,151 B2
Myocardial implant load sharing device and methods to promote LV function
Russel Sampson, Palo Alto, CA (US); Jennifer Henderson, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jeff Closs, Menlo Park, CA (US); Joshua Sampson, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Charles J. Adam, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Ancora Heart, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Ancora Heart, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/852,304.
Application 16/852,304 is a division of application No. 15/817,015, filed on Nov. 17, 2017, granted, now 10,667,914.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/424,120, filed on Nov. 18, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0237516 A1, Jul. 30, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2487 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00783 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00893 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0437 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0448 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06176 (2013.01); A61F 2/2445 (2013.01); A61F 2/2466 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implant comprising:
a tether;
a plurality of tissue anchors slidably coupled to the tether;
a lock coupled to a proximal end of the tether and spaced with a pre-selected length of the tether between the lock and a proximal end of the plurality of tissue anchors; and
a plurality of force-distribution members coupled to the tether,
wherein the pre-selected length of the tether corresponds to a pre-selected amount of slack released by the lock after cinching the tether.