VARIABLE TISSUE CONTRACTION

• Main Authors: AVIV, Ehud, GUERRERO, Mauricio, SHAFIGH, Sam, JAMAL, Khalid, FANG, Zhicheng, AVINATHAN, Itay, SYED, Kaamran Ahsan, KAZALBASH, Murrad Mirza, MURPHY, Brian Patrick, BIRAN, Itschak, JAIN, Sambhav, FRANCIS, Meena, STEENWYK, Nicholas Scott, TAYLOR, David M, CHEN, Philip Jiun-An
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 30.11.2023
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DIAGNOSIS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; SURGERY; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

An implant (222) includes a tether (26), and a series of anchors (230), each of the anchors comprising a tissue-engaging element (34), and a head (232) that is coupled to the tissue-engaging element. The head of each anchor is slidably coupled to the tether and comprises a lock (210) that is configured, upon locking thereof, to lock the head to the tether. Other implementations are also described. Un implant (222) comprend une attache (26), et une série d'ancrages (230), chacun des ancrages comprenant un élément de mise en prise de tissu (34), et une tête (232) qui est couplée à l'élément de mise en prise de tissu. La tête de chaque ancrage est couplée de manière coulissante à l'attache et comprend un verrou (210) qui est conçu, lors du verrouillage de celui-ci, pour verrouiller la tête à l'attache. D'autres modes de réalisation sont également décrits.