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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2006
Kenneth Horne, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jose Alejandro, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Erik Engelson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Dominique Filloux, Redwood City, CA (US);
Dan Francis, Mountain View, CA (US);
Lucia Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Uday N. Kumar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Doug Sutton, Pacifica, CA (US);
Miriam H. Taimisto, San Jose, CA (US);
Andy Uchida, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kenneth Horne, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jose Alejandro, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Erik Engelson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Dominique Filloux, Redwood City, CA (US);
Dan Francis, Mountain View, CA (US);
Lucia Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Uday N. Kumar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Doug Sutton, Pacifica, CA (US);
Miriam H. Taimisto, San Jose, CA (US);
Andy Uchida, Mountain View, CA (US);
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Methods for treating anatomic tissue defects such as a patent foramen ovale generally involve positioning a distal end of a catheter device at the site of the defect, exposing a housing and energy transmission member from the distal end of the catheter, engaging the housing with tissues at the site of the defect, applying suction or other approximating tool to the tissue via the housing to bring the tissue together, and applying energy to the tissue with the energy transmission member or to deliver a clip or fixation device to substantially close the defect. Apparatus generally include a catheter body, a housing extending from a distal end of the catheter body for engaging tissue at the site of the defect, and further adapted to house a fusing or fixation device such as an energy transmission member adjacent a distal end of the housing, or a clip or fixation delivery element.