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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2014
Applicant:
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventors:
Toby Rogers, Washington, DC (US);
Kaniska Ratnayaka, Washington, DC (US);
Ozgur Kocaturk, Rockville, MD (US);
Robert J. Lederman, Chevy Chase, MD (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/12013 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/308 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to devices and methods for manipulating, such as with a suction based traction device, a target anatomic structure inside the body and delivering an ligation device around the anatomic structure. In particular examples, the target structure can be an atrial appendage, and the devices and methods are for atrial appendage ligation.