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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2016
Mitraltech Ltd., Or Yehuda, IL;
Ilia Hariton, Zichron Yaackov, IL;
Boaz Harari, Ganey Tikva, IL;
MITRAL TECH LTD., Or Yehuda, IL;
Abstract
A tubular portion () of a valve frame () circumscribes a longitudinal axis, and defines a lumen along the axis and a plurality of valve-frame coupling elements () disposed circumferentially around the axis. An outer frame (): (a) comprises a ring () defined by a pattern of alternating peaks and troughs, the pattern having an amplitude, (b) comprises a plurality of legs (), coupled to the ring at respective troughs, and (c) is shaped to define a plurality of outer-frame coupling elements (), each coupled to the ring at a respective peak, and fixed with respect to a respective valve-frame coupling element. Compression of the tubular portion from an expanded state toward a compressed state reduces a circumferential distance between each of the outer-frame coupling elements and its adjacent outer-frame coupling elements, and increases the amplitude of the pattern of the ring.