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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:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Andrew G. C. Frazier, Redwood City, CA (US);
Erik J. Van Der Burg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael D. Lesh, Mill Valley, CA (US);
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 Sunnyvale, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a closure catheter, for closing a body cavity such as a vessel, or the left atrial appendage 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 close the body cavity. Methods are also disclosed.