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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2020
Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd., Caesarea, IL;
Oz Cabiri, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Tal Sheps, Givat Shmuel, IL;
Meir Kutzik, Kfar Saba, IL;
Amir Gross, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, IL;
Yuval Zipory, Modi'in, IL;
Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd., Caesarea, IL;
Abstract
An annuloplasty implant comprises a flexible member, helical anchors, and non-compressible portions. The helical anchors are configured to anchor the flexible member at least partway around the valve by being screwed into tissue of the heart of a subject. Each of the non-compressible portions comprises a helical coil having a plurality of turns, and at rest has a helix pitch that contacts each turn of the coil with an adjacent turn of the coil. The flexible member extends through the non-compressible portions. The implant is configured such that applying tension to the flexible member from one end thereof contracts the implant, thereby drawing the anchors closer to each other, the helical coil of each of the non-compressible portions inhibiting contraction of the implant at the non-compressible portion.