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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew G. C. Frazier, Redwood City, CA (US);
Erik J. van der Burg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael D. Lesh, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
ev3 Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/362 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/362 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a closure catheter, and methods for reducing the volume of a body cavity such as a vessel, or a portion of the heart. The closure catheter includes a plurality of deployable tissue anchors, which may be laterally deployed into surrounding tissue. The anchors may thereafter be used to draw the tissue radially inwardly, to reduce the volume of the body cavity. Methods are also disclosed.