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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2017
4 Tech Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Michael Gilmore, County Galway, IE;
Paolo Denti, Opera, IT;
John Mullins, County Galway, IE;
Charlotte Murphy, County Galway, IE;
Kevin Lynn, County Galway, IE;
Andrea Guidotti, Zurich, CH;
Hugo Vanermen, Knocke-le-Zoute, BE;
Thomas Campbell, County Mayo, IE;
4 TECH INC., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A tissue anchor is provided for delivery in a constrained state within a deployment tool. The tissue anchor includes a tissue-coupling element; a flexible elongate tension member, which includes (a) a distal portion that is fixed to a site on the tissue-coupling element, and (b) a proximal portion, which is slidably disposed through a passage defined by the tissue anchor; and a load-limiting element, which is attached to the flexible elongate tension member. The load-limiting element and the passage are sized and shaped such that the size and shape of the passage prevent proximal movement of the load-limiting element past the passage, such that the load-limiting element limits a total load that can be applied to the tissue-coupling element by the flexible elongate tension member.