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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2010
Vincent G. Copa, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Kory P. Hamel, Bloomington, MN (US);
Sidney F. Hauschild, St. Paul, MN (US);
Suranjan Roychowdhury, Plymouth, MN (US);
Robert L. Rykhus, Edina, MN (US);
Vincent G. Copa, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Kory P. Hamel, Bloomington, MN (US);
Sidney F. Hauschild, St. Paul, MN (US);
Suranjan Roychowdhury, Plymouth, MN (US);
Robert L. Rykhus, Edina, MN (US);
AMS Research Corporation, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
A surgical tool which comprises an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end, first and second sets of tissue approximating structures having deployed and retracted positions relative to the elongated body, an actuating mechanism extending from the proximal end of the elongated body for independently deploying and retracting each of the first and second sets of tissue approximating structures, a drainage lumen extending from a drainage aperture at the distal end of the elongated body to the proximal end, a main balloon adjacent to the distal end of the elongated body, and a strap connector extending from the elongated body that is connectable with a stabilization strap.