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IMPLANTATION OF FLEXIBLE IMPLANT

  • US 20150182336A1
  • Filed: 12/26/2013
  • Published: 07/02/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of deploying an annuloplasty structure, the method comprising:

  • introducing into a heart atrium, the annuloplasty structure having a sleeve with an elongated tubular side wall and at least one distal end wall having a surface substantially transverse to a lateral surface of the tubular side wall;

    deploying a first tissue anchor through the surface of the end wall of the sleeve and into a first portion of annulus tissue; and

    deploying a second tissue anchor through a portion of the tubular side wall and into a second portion of annulus tissue, such that the first tissue anchor and the second tissue anchor are both deployed consecutively, to extend in a substantially same direction and into a common, substantially planar surface of a valve annulus, the common, substantially planar surface including the first and second portions of the annulus tissue.

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