Patent ID: 9326857
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A delivery system for positioning an adjustable implant, comprising: a flexible implant positioning element comprising a plurality of flexible elongated members having a distal end and a proximal end, the implant positioning element constructed to have a radial expanded configuration and a radial contracted configuration; an adjustable implant having an opening receiving therethrough the plurality of flexible elongated members between the distal end and the proximal end, the adjustable implant constructed to have at least one of an adjustable perimeter or shape; a holding element releasably attached to the adjustable implant, the adjustable implant adapted to be moveable longitudinally over the plurality of flexible elongated members between the distal end and the proximal end by the holding element at least when the implant positioning element is arranged in the contracted configuration; and an adjustment tool adapted to be operatively coupled to the implant for adjusting at least one of the perimeter or shape of the implant; wherein adjusting the perimeter or shape of the implant by the adjustment tool is operative to radially expand and radially contract the implant positioning element between the expanded and contracted configurations.