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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2010
Applicant:
Yukitoshi Katou, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Inventor:
Yukitoshi Katou, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical device is configured to perform a holding operation by a clamping mechanism with respect to a biological tissue at a periphery of a defect and a supply operation of electric energy independently by flowing current in the clamping mechanism while sandwiching biological tissue composed of an atrial septum secundum and a foramen ovale valve by way of the clamping mechanism to fuse the biological tissues by, for example, turning on a switch which on-off controls the supply of the electric energy.