Patent ID: 11890190
Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES INNOVATION (ISRAEL) LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  Y | IPC A

Claim 18:
19. A system, comprising:
an implant, comprising a tissue anchor comprising:
a coupling head, and
a distal helical tissue-engaging element,

a multi-component tubular system:
comprising:
a catheter, and
a channel, slidable within the catheter, the tissue anchor being slidable through the channel,

transluminally advanceable into a heart of a subject, and
configured to deliver the implant inside the heart;

an anchor driver having a distal end that is reversibly couplable to the coupling head of the tissue anchor;
an electric motor configured to drive the anchor driver to:
drive the tissue anchor through the multi-component tubular system and out of a distal end of the multi-component tubular system, and
anchor the distal helical tissue-engaging element to tissue of the heart;

a first electrode configured to contact the subject;
a second electrode configured to be positioned inside the heart of the subject; and
a control unit electrically coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode, the control unit comprising a display and circuitry configured, while the first electrode is in contact with the subject and the second electrode is inside the heart of the subject, to:
receive an electrical signal from the first electrode and the second electrode, and
based on the electrical signal:
provide, via the display, information indicative of a position of the second electrode inside the heart, and
via the electric motor, drive the anchor driver.