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Abstract
Techniques are described for use with one or more sutures. For some applications, techniques are described for fixedly-coupling two or more sutures to each other. For some applications, such techniques are used for treating a heart valve of a subject. Techniques are also described for treating a heart valve of a subject by coupling leaflets of the heart valve to a support using tissue-piercing elements. Other embodiments are also described.
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107 Claims
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1-22. -22. (canceled)
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23. A method for use with a heart valve of a patient, the heart valve including at least two leaflets, the method comprising:
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delivering, to a first side of the heart valve, a support, having a leaflet-engaging side; delivering, to a second side of the heart valve, a plurality of leaflet-piercing elements, wherein one of the first and the second sides of the heart valve is an upstream side of the heart valve, and the other of the first and the second sides of the heart valve is a downstream side of the heart valve; piercing the leaflets of the valve, from the second side to the first side of the valve, with the leaflet-piercing elements; and coupling the support to the leaflets, such that respective portions of the leaflet-engaging side of the support are disposed against respective regions of respective ones of the leaflets, by coupling, at the first side of the valve, the leaflet-piercing elements to the support. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 38, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107)
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