US 12,419,749 B2
Anchor channel tip
Ehud Aviv, Costa Mesa, CA (US); Tal Sheps, Givat Shmuel (IL); Haim Brauon, Beit Dagan (IL); and Amit Peer, Rehovot (IL)
Assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd., Caesarea (IL)
Filed by Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) LTD., Caesarea (IL)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/681,131.
Application 17/681,131 is a continuation of application No. PCT/IL2020/050925, filed on Aug. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/894,517, filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0273436 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2466 (2013.01) [A61B 17/064 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61F 2/2445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0649 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, for use with a tissue anchor, the apparatus comprising:
an implant, dimensioned to be advanced into a body of a subject; and
an anchor-delivery tool comprising:
an anchor-delivery channel shaped to define a lumen therethrough, the channel being dimensioned to be moveable within the implant; and
an implant-gripping element, disposed at a distal end portion of the anchor-delivery channel, and comprising multiple teeth configured to reversibly grip an inner wall of the implant during implantation of the tissue anchor via the anchor-delivery channel.