US 11,832,784 B2
Implant-cinching devices and systems
Tal Sheps, Givat Shmuel (IL); Yaron Keidar, Kiryat Ono (IL); 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 Nov. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/097,649.
Application 17/097,649 is a continuation of application No. 16/154,233, filed on Oct. 8, 2018, granted, now 10,835,221.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/580,646, filed on Nov. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0059653 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01)
CPC A61B 17/00234 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/12013 (2013.01); A61F 2/2445 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0649 (2013.01); A61F 2/2478 (2013.01); A61F 2/9517 (2020.05); A61F 2210/0057 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2250/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0007 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. Apparatus for use at a valve of a heart of a subject, the apparatus comprising:
an annuloplasty implant, configured for transluminal delivery to the valve, and comprising:
an elongate member having a proximal end, and a distal portion that includes a distal end of the elongate member;
a plurality of anchors, distributed along the elongate member, the plurality of anchors including a distal-most anchor and a proximal-most anchor; and
a gripper, the elongate member extending proximally from the proximal-most anchor and through the gripper, the gripper comprising a locking element that, in a locked state thereof, inhibits sliding of the elongate member through the gripper by clamping the elongate member;
an unlocker disposed within the gripper such that the unlocker obstructs the locking element from assuming the locked state, and
wherein the unlocker is removable from the gripper by proximal pulling of the unlocker out of the gripper, the gripper being configured to automatically assume the locked state upon removal of the unlocker from the gripper; and
a tool, transluminally advanceable toward the gripper, and configured to tension at least the distal portion of the elongate member by pulling the elongate member proximally through the gripper while the unlocker obstructs the locking element from assuming the locked state.