US 12,274,618 B2
Location indication system for implant-delivery tool
Tal Sheps, Givat Shmuel (IL); Tal Hammer, Ramat Gan (IL); Tal Reich, Moledet (IL); Ehud Aviv, Costa Mesa, CA (US); Amir Gross, Tel Aviv-Jaffa (IL); Yaron Herman, Givat Ada (IL); Alexei Koifman, Melbourne (AU); and Yuval Zipory, Modi'in (IL)
Assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd., Caesarea (IL)
Filed by Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd., Caesarea (IL)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/391,555.
Application 15/955,421 is a division of application No. 14/437,373, granted, now 9,949,828, issued on Apr. 24, 2018, previously published as PCT/IL2013/050860, filed on Oct. 23, 2013.
Application 18/391,555 is a continuation of application No. 16/859,991, filed on Apr. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,890,190.
Application 16/859,991 is a continuation of application No. 15/955,421, filed on Apr. 17, 2018, granted, now 10,893,939, issued on Jan. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/820,979, filed on May 8, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/745,848, filed on Dec. 26, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/717,303, filed on Oct. 23, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2024/0115383 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/04 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2436 (2013.01) [A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61F 2/2445 (2013.01); A61F 2/2466 (2013.01); A61M 25/0133 (2013.01); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61M 25/04 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00039 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00327 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00455 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0649 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2090/066 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61M 2025/015 (2013.01); A61M 25/06 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0681 (2013.01); A61M 29/00 (2013.01); Y02E 60/36 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
a tubular system, comprising:
a catheter, and
a channel, slidable within the catheter;
an implant, transluminally deliverable by the tubular system into a heart of a subject, the implant comprising a tissue anchor that is slidable through the channel and that comprises:
a coupling head, and
a distal helical tissue-engaging element;
an anchor driver having a distal end that is reversibly couplable to the coupling head of the tissue anchor, the anchor driver being configured to, while coupled to the coupling head of the tissue anchor:
drive the tissue anchor through the tubular system and out of a distal end of the tubular system, and
anchor the distal helical tissue-engaging element to tissue of the heart;
a first electrode configured to contact the subject;
a second electrode transluminally deliverable to inside the heart; and
a control unit electrically coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode, the control unit comprising a display and circuitry configured, while the first electrode is in contact with the subject and the second electrode is inside the heart of the subject, to:
receive an electrophysiological signal from the first electrode and the second electrode, and
based on the electrophysiological signal, provide, via the display, information indicative of a position of the second electrode inside the heart.