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Mitral valve treatment techniques

  • US 10,561,498 B2
  • Filed: 11/23/2016
  • Issued: 02/18/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for treating a heart valve of a patient, the method comprising:

  • inserting into a heart of the patient and in contact with a valve surface of the heart valve, an implant including an elongate element and a locking mechanism coupled to the elongate element, the locking mechanism having a resting position that provides a locked state in which movement of the elongate element with respect to the locking mechanism is prevented;

    subsequently to the inserting, performing annuloplasty on the heart valve of the patient by increasing tension of the elongate element by maintaining application of a force to the locking mechanism using a tool, and thereby maintaining the locking mechanism in an unlocked state during the increasing of the tension of the elongate element; and

    subsequently to the performing of the annuloplasty on the heart valve and subsequently to coupling proximal and distal ends of the implant to tissue at the heart valve, transitioning the locking mechanism to the resting position by decoupling the tool from the locking mechanism.

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