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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2011
Tal Reich, Binyamina, IL;
Tal Hammer, Ramat Gan, IL;
Uriel Aba Pomerantz, Kfar Sava, IL;
Oz Cabiri, Macabim-Reut, IL;
Tal Reich, Binyamina, IL;
Tal Hammer, Ramat Gan, IL;
Uriel Aba Pomerantz, Kfar Sava, IL;
Oz Cabiri, Macabim-Reut, IL;
Valtech Cardio, Ltd., Or Yehuda, IL;
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are described including an annuloplasty structure configured for implantation along an annulus of an atrioventricular valve of a heart of a subject. The structure includes a coiled element comprising at least one first portion thereof which is flexible and longitudinally compressible, and at least one second portion thereof in series with the first portion, the second portion being flexible and less longitudinally compressible than the first portion. Other applications are also described.