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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2017
Applicant:
University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Dublin, IE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Univ. College Dublin, National Univ. of Ireland, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/318 (2021.01); A61B 5/389 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/064 (2013.01); A61B 5/6839 (2013.01); A61B 17/0466 (2013.01); A61M 37/0015 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/318 (2021.01); A61B 5/389 (2021.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0641 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0645 (2013.01); A61B 2017/081 (2013.01); A61M 2037/0023 (2013.01); A61M 2037/0046 (2013.01); A61N 1/0456 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a tissue anchor and a system and method employing same, the anchors including a body having a first section and a second section reversibly engagable with one another, each section including a plurality of barbs in the form of microneedles projecting from the underside therefore, the barbs on one section being inclined towards barbs on the other section, such that tissue may be captured and deformed between the barbs through displacement of the first section relative to the second section in order to achieve robust retention of the tissue anchor at a deployment site.