Scr Inc.

University of Louisville Research Foundation

Lanark Medical Products

Erica J Wells

Paul A Spence

Landon H Tompkins

Sean Warren

Daniel R Bachman

Kurt Dierking

Guruprasad Anapathur Giridharan

W Kurt Dierking

Kenny J King

Lindsay N Strotman

William R Ross

Farid Kehdy

A system for ablating internal heart tissue in an ablation pattern on a surface of the tissue within the heart. The system includes an ablation catheter with a distal end having an ablating tip portion operative to allow selective ablation of tissue. A guiding device is engageable with the ablation catheter and includes a tissue anchoring portion operable to engage with tissue proximate to the tissue to be ablated so as to temporarily anchor the guiding device relative to the tissue. Engagement of the guiding device with the ablation catheter operates to assist with guiding the ablating tip portion in moving along the pattern. Various devices and methods of use are further disclosed.

Systems and methods for treating the heart with ablation

A system () for ablating internal heart tissue () in an ablation pattern () on a surface of the tissue within the heart. The system () includes an ablation catheter () with a distal end having an ablating tip portion () operative to allow selective ablation of tissue. A guiding device () is engageable with the ablation catheter () and includes a tissue anchoring portion () operable to engage with tissue proximate to the tissue to be ablated so as to temporarily anchor the guiding device () relative to the tissue (). Engagement of the guiding device () with the ablation catheter () operates to assist with guiding the ablating tip portion () in moving along the pattern (). Various devices and methods of use are further disclosed.

Systems, devices and methods for treating the heart with ablation

An endoscopic closure device comprises: a coupling member; a helical needle mounted to the coupling member and carrying a suture; and a plurality of grasping needles, each of said plurality of grasping needles moveable between a storage position and a deployed position. The plurality of grasping needles is configured to be (a) advanced in the storage position into a luminal defect, (b) moved into the deployed position, and (c) then refracted from the luminal defect, thus pulling and drawing tissue surrounding the luminal defect together. Then, upon rotation of the coupling member and the helical needle, the helical needle is driven into and pierces the tissue, carrying the suture through the tissue.

Endoscopic closure device

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Jeffersonville, IN, United States of America

Erica J Wells