Patent ID: 11951005
Assignee: CARDIOVALVE LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A heart valve repair system, comprising:
a delivery sheath having a proximal end and a distal end; and
an implant configured to be coupled to first and second native leaflets of a native heart valve of a patient, the implant comprising:
a frame having a surface configured to contact an upstream surface of the native heart valve; and
first and second gripping members coupled to the frame, each of the first and second gripping members including (i) a ventricular arm, the ventricular arm having first and second ends, and (ii) an atrial arm, wherein for each of the gripping members:
(A) the ventricular arm is movable toward a central longitudinal axis of the implant, and
(B) due to the moving of the ventricular arm toward the central longitudinal axis, the second end of the ventricular arm moves toward the central longitudinal axis more than the first end of the ventricular arm moves toward the central longitudinal axis of the implant,, wherein the implant is disposed in the delivery sheath in a delivery state in which:
the frame has a proximal end, closer to the proximal end of the delivery sheath, and a distal end, closer to the distal end of the delivery sheath,
the frame is shaped to define a wall fully surrounding, from a proximal end of the wall to a distal end of the wall, the central longitudinal axis of the implant, the proximal end of the wall defining a proximal opening of the frame, and the distal end of the wall defining a distal opening of the frame, and
the distal end of the wall is disposed proximally to the second end of the ventricular arm of each of the gripping members, and, wherein the implant is configured to assume an implanted state in which, following the moving of the ventricular arm of each of the gripping members toward the central longitudinal axis of the implant, the first and second gripping members form the first and second native leaflets into a double orifice, each orifice configured to function as a respective check-valve.