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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2004
Richard Lee Schneider, Livonia, MI (US);
Nader Najafi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David J. Goetzinger, Livonia, MI (US);
Richard Lee Schneider, Livonia, MI (US);
Nader Najafi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David J. Goetzinger, Livonia, MI (US);
Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc., Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Abstract
An anchor and procedure for placing a medical implant, such as for monitoring physiological parameters. The anchor includes a central body in which a medical implant can be received. Arms and members extend radially from first and second ends, respectively, of the central body. Each member defines a leg extending toward distal portions of the arms to provide a clamping action. The anchor and its implant are placed by coupling first and second guidewires to first and second portions of the anchor, placing an end of a delivery catheter in a wall where implantation is desired, inserting the anchor in the catheter with the guidewires to locate the anchor within the wall, deploying the arms of the anchor at one side of the wall followed by deployment of the members at the opposite side of the wall, and thereafter decoupling the guidewires from the anchor.