34 patents
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Utility
CorrectedAnchor-Delivery Sheath Tip
27 May 20
Apparatus is provided for use with a guidewire, the apparatus including a tissue anchor, and a tool for facilitating implanting of the tissue anchor.
Idan Tobis
Filed: 16 Jan 19
Utility
Cardiac tissue cinching
25 May 20
A torque-delivery tool includes a cable and a distal coupling element.
Michael Gilmore, Paolo Denti, Andrea Guidotti, Mohamed Azeem Latib
Filed: 26 Oct 17
Utility
Tissue Anchors
29 Apr 20
Apparatus is provided that includes an implantable tissue anchor for delivery in a constrained state within a deployment tool.
Michael Gilmore, Paolo Denti, Kevin Lynn, Idan Tobis, Evin Donnelly, Charlotte Murphy, Thomas Campbell
Filed: 29 Dec 19
Utility
Off-Center Tissue Anchors
22 Apr 20
A method is provided including introducing, during a transcatheter procedure, a tissue anchor into a cardiac chamber of a heart of a subject, while a tissue-coupling element of the tissue anchor is constrained by a deployment tool.
Michael Gilmore, Paolo Denti, John Mullins, Charlotte Murphy, Kevin Lynn, Andrea Guidotti, Hugo Vanermen, Thomas Campbell
Filed: 22 Dec 19
Utility
Atrioventricular valve repair using tension
13 Apr 20
A system for repairing an atrioventricular valve of a patient is provided.
Idan Tobis, Michael Gilmore
Filed: 5 Jul 17
Utility
Tissue anchors with hemostasis seal
16 Mar 20
A tissue anchor is provided that includes a head connected to a shaft, and a tissue-coupling element extending from the shaft.
Michael Gilmore, Paolo Denti, John Mullins, Charlotte Murphy, Kevin Lynn, Andrea Guidotti, Hugo Vanermen, Thomas Campbell
Filed: 16 Sep 19
Utility
Post-Implantation Tension Adjustment in Cardiac Implants
22 Jan 20
A method of treating a heart of a patient is provided, including implanting a first tissue anchor in cardiac tissue of the patient, the first tissue anchor attached to one or more tethers that are fixed to a coupling element.
Paolo Denti, Andrea Guidotti, Kevin Lynn, Idan Tobis
Filed: 8 Sep 19
Utility
Tissue Anchors with Hemostasis Seal
22 Jan 20
A tissue anchor is provided that includes a head connected to a shaft, and a tissue-coupling element extending from the shaft.
Michael Gilmore, Paolo Denti, John Mullins, Charlotte Murphy, Kevin Lynn, Andrea Guidotti, Hugo Vanermen, Thomas Campbell
Filed: 16 Sep 19
Utility
Soft-Tissue Depth-Finding Tool
1 Jan 20
A tissue anchor (20) comprises a helical tissue-coupling element (30) disposed about a longitudinal axis (32) thereof and having a distal tissue-penetrating tip (34).
Idan Tobis, Charlotte Murphy, Michael Gilmore
Filed: 4 Sep 19
Utility
Tricuspid Valve Repair Using Tension
20 Nov 19
A method is provided, including implanting at least a first tissue-engaging element (60a) in a first portion of tissue in a vicinity of a heart valve (4) of a patient, implanting at least a second tissue-engaging element (60b) in a portion of a blood vessel (8, 10) that is in contact with an atrium (6) of a heart (2) of the patient, and drawing at least a first leaflet of the valve (4) toward at least a second leaflet of the valve (4) by adjusting a distance between the portion of the blood vessel (8, 10) and the first portion of tissue in the vicinity of the heart valve (4) of the patient.
Francesco Maisano, Hugo Vanermen, Valery Perevalov, Rephael Hof, Ottavio Alfieri, Idan Tobis
Filed: 28 Jul 19
Utility
Soft tissue depth-finding tool
21 Oct 19
Apparatus is provided that includes a tissue anchor, which (a) includes a helical tissue-coupling element which has a distal tissue-penetrating tip at a distal end of the tissue anchor, and which is configured to be advanced into soft tissue, and (b) is shaped so as to define a longitudinal channel extending to the distal end of the tissue anchor.
Michael Gilmore, Charlotte Murphy, Idan Tobis
Filed: 24 May 17
Utility
Post-implantation tension adjustment in cardiac implants
14 Oct 19
A method of treating a heart of a patient is provided, including implanting a first tissue anchor in cardiac tissue of the patient, the first tissue anchor attached to one or more tethers that are fixed to a coupling element.
Paolo Denti, Andrea Guidotti, Kevin Lynn, Idan Tobis
Filed: 22 Feb 18
Utility
Tissue anchors with hemostasis seal
14 Oct 19
Apparatus for use with a deployment tool is provided.
Michael Gilmore, Paolo Denti, John Mullins, Charlotte Murphy, Kevin Lynn, Andrea Guidotti, Hugo Vanermen, Thomas Campbell
Filed: 20 Nov 18
Utility
Tissue anchor and delivery tool
7 Oct 19
A torque-delivering cable is provided, which includes a first coupling.
Idan Tobis
Filed: 16 Feb 17