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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2017
St. Jude Medical, Llc, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Benjamin E. Morris, Jeffersonville, IN (US);
Gregory R. Furnish, Louisville, KY (US);
Mark Griffin, Louisville, KY (US);
Eric E. Bielefeld, Floyds Knobs, IN (US);
Wayne Johnson, Jeffersonville, IN (US);
St. Jude Medical, LLC, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
A devicefor gathering tissue in a patient includes an elongated catheterand a capture assemblyat a distal portion of the catheter. The capture assembly has a closed sideand a doorrotatable between an open condition and a closed condition. The closed sideof the capture assemblyand the doorin the closed condition may collectively define a tissue capturing compartment. Movement of the doorfrom the open condition to the closed condition adjacent the tissue may capture a portionof the tissue in the tissue capturing compartment. A clip may then be applied from the capture assemblyto the captured tissueto hold the tissue substantially in a gathered configuration.