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Mitral Valve Repair

  • US 20120226349A1
  • Filed: 03/01/2011
  • Published: 09/06/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for use with a mitral valve of a heart of a subject, the apparatus comprising:

  • a P1-anchor, a P2-anchor, and a P3-anchor, configured to become anchored to tissue in a vicinity of, respectively, P1, P2 and P3 segments of a posterior leaflet of the mitral valve, a tether being fixedly coupled to the P2-anchor, and slidably coupled to the P1 and P3 anchors; and

    a cardiac-site anchor configured to anchor the tether to an anchoring location that is at a cardiac site that is anterior and inferior to the posterior leaflet.

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