Patent ID: 9204964
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An implant kit comprising: a plurality of tissue anchors comprising at least a first tissue anchor, a second tissue anchor and a third tissue anchor; a percutaneous delivery system operable to at least partially embed each of the tissue anchors into a respective location about a periphery of an orifice in a tissue within a body during an implant procedure in which a location of the embedded third tissue anchor is laterally offset by a first distance from a first axis, the first axis extending between a location of the embedded first tissue anchor and a location of the embedded second tissue anchor; an implant member reconfigurable between a delivery configuration in which the implant member is manipulable to a size and dimension to be deliverable percutaneously to the tissue within the body, and an implantable configuration in which the implant member forms a structure sufficiently rigid to affect a shape of the orifice in the tissue, the implant member further comprising a plurality of guide line receivers and a plurality of tissue anchor receivers, each of the tissue anchor receivers positioned to physically matingly couple directly with a respective one of the embedded tissue anchors rather than with any guide lines and each of the tissue anchor receivers being positioned in the implant member between a respective one of the guide line receivers and an embedded portion of a respective one of the embedded tissue anchors in a state in which the respective one of the embedded tissue anchors is physically coupled to the tissue anchor receiver, the plurality of tissue anchor receivers comprising at least a first tissue anchor receiver corresponding to the first tissue anchor, a second tissue anchor receiver corresponding to the second tissue anchor, and a third tissue anchor receiver corresponding to the third tissue anchor, wherein a location of the third tissue anchor receiver on the implant member in the implantable configuration is laterally offset by a second distance from a second axis, the second axis extending between a location of the first tissue anchor receiver on the implant member and a location of the second tissue anchor receiver on the implant member, wherein the second distance is smaller than the first distance; and a plurality of implant guide lines that in use during the implant procedure are respectively received by the guide line receivers and provide a physical path for the implant member to the embedded tissue anchors.