Anchors and locks for percutaneous valve implants
AssigneeValfix Medical Ltd.
InventorsEli Bar, Elad Yaacoby, Dan Salzman
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Abstract
An apparatus configured to lock an intrabody implant over a thread passing through the implant includes a lock body configured to advance to the implant over the thread and including at least one rotatable element, the lock body being configured to grip the thread proximally to the implant upon rotation of the rotatable element, and a rotation-maintaining element, configured to inhibit a reversal of the rotation of the rotatable element by engaging with the lock body. Other embodiments are also described.
Claims14
Apparatus configured to lock an intrabody implant over a thread passing through the implant, the apparatus comprising:
- a lock body configured to advance to the implant over the thread and comprising at least one rotatable element, the lock body being configured to grip the thread proximally to the implant upon rotation of the rotatable element,
- wherein the lock body further comprises a block, and wherein the lock body is configured to grip the thread between the rotatable element and the block;
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- a rotation-maintaining element, configured to inhibit a reversal of the rotation of the rotatable element by engaging with the lock body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.