Cardiac tissue cinching

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10660755
APP PUB NO 20180064535A1
SERIAL NO

15796474

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A torque-delivery tool includes a cable and a distal coupling element. A tissue anchor includes an anchor head, which includes a shaft having a proximal coupling element. The distal and proximal coupling elements are shaped so as to define corresponding interlocking surfaces. An outer tether-securing element of the anchor is shaped so as to define a lateral opening through which a tether is disposed, and at least partially radially surrounds the shaft and a spring. In an unlocked state, a distal spring depressor restrains the spring in an axially-compressed state. In a locked state, the distal and proximal coupling elements are not coupled with one another, the distal spring depressor does not restrain the spring in the axially-compressed state, and the spring is in an axially-expanded state, in which the spring inhibits the sliding of the tether through the lateral opening by pressing the tether against the outer tether-securing element.

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4TECH INC2903 PHILADELPHIA PIKE #3316 CLAYTON DE 19703

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Denti, Paolo Milan, IT 22 498
Gilmore, Michael Ardrahan, IE 73 2695
Guidotti, Andrea Zurich, CH 39 513
Latib, Mohamed Azeem Milan, IT 4 283

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