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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2016
Sentreheart, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Gregory W. Fung, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Alan L. Bradley, San Francisco, CA (US);
Russell Pong, Newark, CA (US);
Robert L. Clark, III, Hayward, CA (US);
Arnold M. Escano, San Jose, CA (US);
SentreHEART, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are tissue closure devices and methods for ligating a target tissue, such as the left atrial appendage. The tissue closure device may have an elongate body, a snare at least partially housed within the elongate body, a suture at least partially housed within the elongate body, and a tightening element coupled to the suture. The suture may have a suture loop, and the tightening element may be configured to decrease the size of the suture loop when the area of a tissue within the suture loop decreases.