Device for percutaneously delivering a cardiac implant through the application of direct actuation forces external to the body
US9131939B1 · kind B1 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 2009 |
| Grant date | Sep 15, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 4, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/0488
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A locker for securing one or more tensioning members and a method of using the same is described. The locker includes a locker body having a passageway through which tensioning members extend. A movable member is coupled to the locker body and traverses the passageway. The movable member is movable between a latent position within the passageway in which the one or more tensioning members are movable relative to the locker body and an activated position within the passageway in which the one or more tensioning members are locked relative to the locker body. A hub surrounds the locker body such that the locker body is retractable with respect to the hub. Retraction of the locker body causes the movable member to move distally from the first position to the second position.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.