Method and apparatus for tricuspid valve repair using tension

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PATENT NO 8961596
APP PUB NO 20120035712A1
SERIAL NO

13188175

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Apparatus is provided, including a radially-expandable percutaneous implant, a tissue anchor, and a connecting element shaped so as to provide an annular loop surrounding a proximal portion of the tissue anchor in a manner which enables rotation of the anchor about a central longitudinal axis thereof when surrounded by the annular loop. The apparatus also includes a flexible longitudinal member coupled at a first portion thereof to at least a portion of the percutaneous implant and at a second portion to the connecting element. The annular loop of the connecting element facilitates rotation of the tissue anchor about the central longitudinal axis such that the anchor can rotate about the central longitudinal axis with respect to the annular loop, the flexible longitudinal member, and the percutaneous implant. Other applications are also described.

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4TECH INC2903 PHILADELPHIA PIKE #3316 CLAYTON DE 19703

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Alfieri, Ottavio Brescia, IT 22 1840
Hof, Rephael Kfar Yona, IL 10 264
Maisano, Francesco Milan, IT 54 6854
Perevalov, Valery Kfar Saba, IL 11 791
Tobis, Idan Beth Hashmonai, IL 58 1440
Vanerman, Hugo Knocke-le-Zoute, BE 3 1171

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