Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
TISSUE ANCHOR AND ANCHORING SYSTEM

Abstract:

An annuloplasty implant comprising an elongate member configured to be anchored to tissue of a heart, and to move between an elongate configuration and a shortened configuration and a tensioning member. The tensioning member can define a first segment and a second segment such that the first segment extends between a first tensioning-member end and a turn of the tensioning member, and the second segment extends between the turn and the second tensioning-member end. The tensioning member extends along the elongate member such that the elongate member can slide relative to the tensioning member and such that applying tension to the tensioning member causes the elongate member to move from the elongate configuration to the shortened configuration, which can cause the implant to reshape an annulus of a heart valve.