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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
May. 18, 2018
Valtech Cardio, Ltd., Or Yehuda, IL;
Amir Gross, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, IL;
Iftah Beinart, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Eran Miller, Moshav Beit Elazari, IL;
Oz Cabiri, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Eliahu Eliachar, Haifa, IL;
Nir Lilach, Kfar Yehoshua, IL;
Ram Grossfeld, Haifa, IL;
Dmitry Golom, Haifa, IL;
Gideon Meyer-Brodnitz, Haifa, IL;
Arnon Mosaiuf, Geva Carmel, IL;
Valtech Cardio, Ltd., Or Yehuda, IL;
Abstract
Apparatuses and devices usable for annuloplasty are provided. These can include a plurality of tissue anchors and an annuloplasty structure for placement on a heart valve annulus. The annuloplasty structure can include a plurality of compressible or adjustable subunits, and a plurality of anchor mounts alternately disposed with respect to the plurality of compressible/adjustable subunits. The anchor mounts are coupleable to the tissue anchors and can define a path for passage therethrough of a respective tissue anchor. The apparatuses and devices can be independently adjustable and can be adjustable for treating various sizes of patient annuli. Other embodiments are also described.