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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
May. 30, 2019
Valtech Cardio, Ltd., Or Yehuda, IL;
Eran Miller, Moshav Beit Elazari, IL;
Amir Gross, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, IL;
Oz Cabiri, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Iftah Beinart, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Aviram Baum, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, IL;
Valtech Cardio Ltd., Caesarea, IL;
Abstract
Apparatus includes an implant including a flexible longitudinal member extending along a longitudinal length of the implant and a flexible contracting member extending alongside the longitudinal member and along the longitudinal length of the implant. The contracting member is configured to facilitate reduction of a perimeter of the implant by applying a contracting force to the longitudinal member in response to an application of force to the contracting member. The contracting member is disposed at a radially outer perimeter of the longitudinal member and configured to apply a pushing force to the longitudinal member responsively to the application of the force to the contracting member.