Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd.

Edwards Lifesciences Innovation Ltd.

Yuval Kasher

Tal Reich

Boaz Manash

Tal Sheps

Yaron Herman

Meir Kutzik

Ehud Iflah

Haim Brauon

Assaf Sharon

Or Cohen

Aviv Galon

Amit Peer

Tomer Shoham

Sarit Avivi

Tal Benshahar

Roman Plut

Ido Halabi

Or Chernin

Shlomit Chappel-Ram

Eran Hoffer

Vadim Gordon

Eva Cruz Romito

Lior Haroosh

Gad Tennenbaum

Bezalel Haberman Browns

A tissue anchor comprises an anchoring portion, and a crown coupled thereto. The crown includes an anchor head fixedly coupled to the anchoring portion, a driver interface, and a socket. The socket may be fixedly coupled to the driver interface and shaped to receive the anchor head. In a first state the anchor head is seated snugly within the socket, such that torque applied to the driver interface is transferred to the anchoring portion, thereby facilitating screwing of the anchoring portion into the tissue. Screwing of the anchoring portion into the tissue can pull the anchor head distally out of the socket, thereby transitioning the anchor into a second state in which torque applied to the driver interface rotates the socket relative to the anchor head and the anchoring portion. Other embodiments are also described.

Self-stopping tissue anchors

Apparatus comprising a tissue anchor for use with an anchor driver. The anchor comprises a head, and a tissue-engaging element coupled to a proximal end of the head. The tissue-engaging element defines a central longitudinal axis of the anchor, and has a sharpened distal tip, configured to be driven into tissue of a subject. The head comprises a driver interface, configured to be reversibly engaged by the anchor driver, and an eyelet, disposed laterally from the central longitudinal axis, defining an aperture on an aperture plane, the aperture having a length along a long axis of the aperture and a width along a short axis of the aperture, the long axis and the short axis disposed on the aperture plane. The eyelet is mounted such that the aperture plane is slanted at a fixed angle with respect to the central longitudinal axis. Other applications are also described.

Annuloplasty and tissue anchor technologies

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Kfar Shmuel, Israel

Yuval Kasher