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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2015
Valtech Cardio, Ltd., Or Yehuda, IL;
Amir Gross, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, IL;
Tal Reich, Moledet, IL;
Yaron Herman, Givat Ada, IL;
Ehud Iflah, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, IL;
Haim Brauon, Bat Yam, IL;
Meir Kutzik, Holon, IL;
Meni Iamberger, Kfar Saba, IL;
Valtech Cardio, Ltd., Or Yehuda, IL;
Abstract
Apparatus, comprising: (i) a catheter (); (ii) an implant (), comprising a flexible longitudinal member (), and a linking member () that extends from a first linking site () of the longitudinal member to a second linking site () of the longitudinal member, the implant having: (a) a delivery state in which the longitudinal member is coaxial with the catheter, and at least a portion of the linking member is disposed alongside the longitudinal member, and (b) an implanted state in which a first distance between the first linking site and the second linking site, measured along the longitudinal member, is greater than a second distance between the first linking site and the second linking site, measured along the linking member; and (iii) a plurality of tissue anchors (), slidable through the catheter and with respect to the longitudinal member. Other embodiments are also described.