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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2014
Valtech Cardio, Ltd., Or Yehuda, IL;
Yuval Zipory, Modi'in, IL;
Alexei Koifman, Tel Aviv, IL;
Ehud Iflah, Tel Aviv, IL;
Tal Reich, Moshav Moledet, IL;
Valtech Cardio, Ltd., , IL;
Abstract
Apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprising (i) a housing (), shaped to define a channel () having an anchor-storage zone () and an opening () configured to provide access for an anchor driver () to the anchor-storage zone; (ii) a tissue anchor (), stored in the anchor-storage zone and slidable through the channel; and (iii) a retaining member (). The retaining member (a) has a retaining state in which the retaining member is configured to retain the tissue anchor in the anchor-storage zone, and (b) is configured, by moving in response to a proximally-directed force applied to the tissue anchor, to allow the tissue anchor to leave the anchor-storage zone in response to the proximally-directed force. The proximally-directed force is greater than a pre-determined threshold force. Other embodiments are described.