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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2010
Applicant:
Erez Golan, 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);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22031 (2013.01); A61B 17/22 (2013.01); A61B 17/221 (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 tissure which is sandwiched between the stabilizer () and the impactor arms ().