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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2018
4tech Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Michael Gilmore, County Galway, IE;
Paolo Denti, Opera, IT;
John Mullins, County Galway, IE;
Charlotte Murphy, County Galway, IE;
Kevin Lynn, County Galway, IE;
Andrea Guidotti, Zurich, CH;
Hugo Vanermen, Knocke-le-Zoute, BE;
Thomas Campbell, County Mayo, IE;
4Tech Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for use with a deployment tool is provided. The apparatus includes a tissue anchor configured to be delivered in a constrained state within the deployment tool. The tissue anchor includes a shaft and a tissue-coupling element, which extends from a distal end of the shaft and is configured to be advanced through an incision in a wall of a cardiac chamber and be coupled to a far outer side of the wall. A spring is disposed proximal to a sealing element, and is configured to distally push the sealing element against an inner side of the wall to seal the incision. Other embodiments are also described.