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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2004
Lucas S. Gordon, Issaquah, WA (US);
Mark L. Mathis, Fremont, CA (US);
Gregory Nieminen, Bothell, WA (US);
Leonard Kowalsky, Bothell, WA (US);
Ryan Braxtan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Brian J. Doll, Sammamish, WA (US);
Lucas S. Gordon, Issaquah, WA (US);
Mark L. Mathis, Fremont, CA (US);
Gregory Nieminen, Bothell, WA (US);
Leonard Kowalsky, Bothell, WA (US);
Ryan Braxtan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Brian J. Doll, Sammamish, WA (US);
Cardiac Dimensions, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US);
Abstract
The invention is a tissue shaping system, including a tissue shaping device with an expandable anchor and a lock; a delivery catheter; a delivery mechanism adapted to deliver the tissue shaping device from outside a patient to a target site within a lumen within the patient via the delivery catheter; and an actuator adapted to deliver an actuation force to the lock to lock the anchor in an expanded configuration. The invention is also a system adapted to percutaneously deliver and deploy a tissue shaping device at a target site within a lumen of a patient. The system includes: a handle; a delivery mechanism supported by the handle and adapted to deliver the tissue shaping device from outside the patient to the treatment site via a delivery catheter; and an actuator supported by the handle and adapted to deliver an actuation force to lock an anchor of the tissue shaping device in an expanded configuration.