Patent ID: 11890191
Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES INNOVATION (ISRAEL) LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. Apparatus for use with a contracting member that is flexible and elongate, the apparatus comprising:
a fastener configured to receive the contracting member therethrough such that the fastener surrounds the contracting member, the fastener comprising a clamping structure that:
(a) has an open state in which the contracting member can pass through the clamping structure, and
(b) is biased toward assuming a closed state in which the clamping structure is configured to clamp onto the contracting member disposed therethrough;

a stop removably coupled to the fastener in a manner that maintains the fastener in the open state; and
a tool:
comprising a cutting element; and
configured to pull the stop proximally in a manner that moves the stop both:
away from the fastener such that the stop becomes removed from the fastener, and
against the cutting element such that the stop pushes the cutting element against the contracting member in a manner that severs the contracting member.