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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2021
Applicant:
Pi-cardia Ltd., Rehovot, IL;
Inventor:
Erez Golan, Rehovot, IL;
Assignee:
Pi-Cardia Ltd., Rehovot, IL;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/221 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22031 (2013.01); A61B 17/22 (2013.01); A61B 17/221 (2013.01); A61B 17/22012 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00544 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22069 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22098 (2013.01); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02);
Abstract
A device for fracturing calcifications in heart valves including an expandable stabilizer and expandable impactor arms assembled on and deployed by a delivery system, wherein the delivery system is operable to move the impactor arms, while in an expanded position, with respect to the stabilizer with sufficient energy so as to fracture a calcification located in tissue which is sandwiched between the stabilizer and the impactor arms.