US 12,350,158 B2
Annuloplasty ring delivery catheters
Tal Sheps, Givat Shmuel (IL); Tal Hammer, Ramat Gan (IL); Tal Reich, Moledet (IL); Amir Gross, Tel Aviv-Jaffa (IL); Yuval Zipory, Modi'in (IL); Oz Cabiri, Hod Hasharon (IL); and Yosef Gross, Moshav Mazor (IL)
Assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd., Caesarea (IL)
Filed by Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd., Caesarea (IL)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/390,769.
Application 17/390,769 is a continuation of application No. 15/977,271, filed on May 11, 2018, granted, now 11,076,958.
Application 15/977,271 is a continuation of application No. 14/273,155, filed on May 8, 2014, granted, now 9,968,452, issued on May 15, 2018.
Application 14/273,155 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/319,030, granted, now 9,636,224, issued on May 2, 2017, previously published as PCT/IL2010/000358, filed on May 4, 2010.
Application 13/319,030 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/435,291, filed on May 4, 2009, granted, now 8,147,542, issued on Apr. 3, 2012.
Application 13/319,030 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/437,103, filed on May 7, 2009, granted, now 8,715,342, issued on May 6, 2014.
Application 13/319,030 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/548,991, filed on Aug. 27, 2009, granted, now 8,808,368, issued on Aug. 19, 2014.
Application 13/319,030 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/689,635, filed on Jan. 19, 2010, granted, now 8,545,553, issued on Oct. 1, 2013.
Application 13/319,030 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/689,693, filed on Jan. 19, 2010, granted, now 8,911,494, issued on Dec. 16, 2014.
Application 14/273,155 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/242,151, filed on Apr. 1, 2014, granted, now 9,592,122, issued on Mar. 14, 2017.
Application 14/242,151 is a continuation of application No. 12/437,103, filed on May 7, 2009, granted, now 8,715,342, issued on May 6, 2014.
Application 14/273,155 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/IL2012/050451, filed on Nov. 8, 2012.
Application 14/273,155 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/357,040, granted, now 9,724,192, issued on Aug. 8, 2017, previously published as PCT/IL2012/050451, filed on Nov. 8, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/557,082, filed on Nov. 8, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/820,979, filed on May 8, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0353420 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2466 (2013.01) [A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00327 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0649 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0688 (2013.01); A61F 2/2445 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0013 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0012 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for repairing a cardiac valve, the system comprising:
a catheter sized for delivery through vasculature of a subject, the catheter defining a delivery passage and having a catheter axis extending therethrough;
an elongated and flexible annuloplasty structure defining an annuloplasty structure axis, and being sized and configured for delivery to a heart of the subject through the delivery passage substantially along the catheter axis while the annuloplasty structure axis is substantially parallel to the catheter axis; and
multiple anchors, each configured for independent:
introduction into a proximal end of the catheter, and
advancement, from the proximal end of the catheter, distally through the catheter toward the annuloplasty structure and the heart substantially along the annuloplasty structure axis and the catheter axis while at least a portion of the annuloplasty structure is within the delivery passage of the catheter.