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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2005
David J. Sogard, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Leonard B. Richardson, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Kent D. Harrison, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Diane M. Sheahen, Blaine, MN (US);
David J. Sogard, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Leonard B. Richardson, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Kent D. Harrison, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Diane M. Sheahen, Blaine, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and systems for occluding a multiplicity of parallel membranes, such as found in a patent foramen ovale (PFO). Methods, apparatus, and systems include the use of a positioning device that can be seated on the limbus of the septum secundum (SS). The positioning device includes a piercing member that can pierce the SS and septum primum (SP). The positioning device also includes a fastening member that can engage the SS and SP to fasten the tissues and occlude a PFO.