Patents by Inventor Elad Yaacoby
Elad Yaacoby has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11931021Abstract: An apparatus configured to lock an intrabody implant over a thread passing through the implant includes a lock body configured to advance to the implant over the thread and including at least one rotatable element, the lock body being configured to grip the thread proximally to the implant upon rotation of the rotatable element, and a rotation-maintaining element, configured to inhibit a reversal of the rotation of the rotatable element by engaging with the lock body. Other embodiments are also described.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: VALFIX MEDICAL LTD.Inventors: Eli Bar, Elad Yaacoby, Dan Salzman
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Publication number: 20220054267Abstract: An apparatus for implantation at an annulus (75) of an intracardiac valve includes an annuloplasty ring (110) comprising a plurality of rotatably adjoining segments (112). The ring is configured to pass over multiple threads (58), respective distal ends of which are distributed over the annulus, and, while passing over the threads, expand from a collapsed state to an expanded state by virtue of the segments rotating with respect to each other. The apparatus further comprises a lock (114), configured to lock the ring in the expanded state at the valve by inhibiting rotation of the segments with respect to each another. Other embodiments are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2020Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Eli Bar, Elad Yaacoby, Dan Salzman
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Publication number: 20210290222Abstract: An apparatus configured to lock an intrabody implant over a thread passing through the implant includes a lock body configured to advance to the implant over the thread and including at least one rotatable element, the lock body being configured to grip the thread proximally to the implant upon rotation of the rotatable element, and a rotation-maintaining element, configured to inhibit a reversal of the rotation of the rotatable element by engaging with the lock body. Other embodiments are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Eli Bar, Elad Yaacoby, Dan Salzman
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Patent number: 11058537Abstract: Described embodiments include apparatus (20) that includes an assembly of tubes (34), each one of the tubes being shaped to define a tube lumen (62). The apparatus further includes a plurality of tissue anchors (60), each one of the tissue anchors being disposed within a respective one of the tube lumens, an expandable annular structure (36), including a plurality of teeth (40), coupled to the assembly of tubes, and a plurality of control wires (38) coupled to the annular structure, configured to position the tubes for deployment of the tissue anchors from the tube lumens, by manipulating the annular structure. Other embodiments are also described.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: VALFIX MEDICAL LTD.Inventors: Eli Bar, Elad Yaacoby
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Patent number: 11058411Abstract: An apparatus includes a thread (58) and a tissue anchor (60) coupled to the thread. The anchor includes a proximal portion (60p), shaped to define one or more appendages (82), a distal portion (60d), and a plurality of strips (84) joining the proximal portion to the distal portion. The anchor is configured to anchor the thread at tissue (42) of a subject by virtue of the appendages expanding radially, and the strips expanding radially to form respective loops at a distal side of the tissue, upon removal of a radially-constraining force from the anchor. Other embodiments are also described.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: VALFIX MEDICAL LTD.Inventors: Eli Bar, Elad Yaacoby, Dan Salzman
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Publication number: 20210015476Abstract: An apparatus includes a thread (58) and a tissue anchor (60) coupled to the thread. The anchor includes a proximal portion (60p), shaped to define one or more appendages (82), a distal portion (60d), and a plurality of strips (84) joining the proximal portion to the distal portion. The anchor is configured to anchor the thread at tissue (42) of a subject by virtue of the appendages expanding radially, and the strips expanding radially to form respective loops at a distal side of the tissue, upon removal of a radially-constraining force from the anchor. Other embodiments are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Eli Bar, Elad Yaacoby, Dan Salzman
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Patent number: 10463486Abstract: An apparatus (20, 20a) includes a plurality of flexible tube guides (35), an annular assembly of tubes (34), each of the tubes being slidably disposed within a respective one of the tube guides, a plurality of threads (58), each of which comprising a distal end that is carried by a respective one of the tubes, and an expandable annular structure (36) coupled to the tube guides, configured to expand the assembly of tubes, from a collapsed configuration, over tissue (42) of a subject, by moving the tube guides radially outward. The apparatus further includes a plurality of control wires (40) coupled to the tube guides, configured to position the tubes, subsequently to the expansion of the assembly, for deployment of the threads from the tubes and into the tissue, by flexing the tube guides.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: VALFIX MEDICAL LTD.Inventors: Eli Bar, Elad Yaacoby
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Publication number: 20190269511Abstract: Described embodiments include apparatus (20) that includes an assembly of tubes (34), each one of the tubes being shaped to define a tube lumen (62). The apparatus further includes a plurality of tissue anchors (60), each one of the tissue anchors being disposed within a respective one of the tube lumens, an expandable annular structure (36), including a plurality of teeth (40), coupled to the assembly of tubes, and a plurality of control wires (38) coupled to the annular structure, configured to position the tubes for deployment of the tissue anchors from the tube lumens, by manipulating the annular structure. Other embodiments are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Eli Bar, Elad Yaacoby
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Publication number: 20190254824Abstract: Described embodiments include an apparatus (20, 20a), including a plurality of flexible tube guides (35), an annular assembly of tubes (34), each of the tubes being slidably disposed within a respective one of the tube guides, a plurality of threads (58), each of which comprising a distal end that is carried by a respective one of the tubes, and an expandable annular structure (36) coupled to the tube guides, configured to expand the assembly of tubes, from a collapsed configuration, over tissue (42) of a subject, by moving the tube guides radially outward. The apparatus further includes a plurality of control wires (40) coupled to the tube guides, configured to position the tubes, subsequently to the expansion of the assembly, for deployment of the threads from the tubes and into the tissue, by flexing the tube guides. Other embodiments are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Eli Bar, Elad Yaacoby
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Patent number: 10278820Abstract: Described embodiments include apparatus (20) that includes an assembly of tubes (34), each one of the tubes being shaped to define a tube lumen (62). The apparatus further includes a plurality of tissue anchors (60), each one of the tissue anchors being disposed within a respective one of the tube lumens, an expandable annular structure (36), including a plurality of teeth (40), coupled to the assembly of tubes, and a plurality of control wires (38) coupled to the annular structure, configured to position the tubes for deployment of the tissue anchors from the tube lumens, by manipulating the annular structure. Other embodiments are also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Valfix Medical Ltd.Inventors: Eli Bar, Elad Yaacoby
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Publication number: 20190029827Abstract: Described embodiments include apparatus (20) that includes an assembly of tubes (34), each one of the tubes being shaped to define a tube lumen (62). The apparatus further includes a plurality of tissue anchors (60), each one of the tissue anchors being disposed within a respective one of the tube lumens, an expandable annular structure (36), including a plurality of teeth (40), coupled to the assembly of tubes, and a plurality of control wires (38) coupled to the annular structure, configured to position the tubes for deployment of the tissue anchors from the tube lumens, by manipulating the annular structure. Other embodiments are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Eli Bar, Elad Yaacoby