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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2007
Timothy C. Reynolds, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Erik K. Walberg, Redwood City, CA (US);
Anthony J. Pantages, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian A. Ellingwood, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kai Y. Jair, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy C. Reynolds, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Erik K. Walberg, Redwood City, CA (US);
Anthony J. Pantages, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian A. Ellingwood, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kai Y. Jair, San Jose, CA (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for placement into an opening formed in a wall of a body lumen to deploy a closure element. The apparatus comprising a housing having a handle portion formed at a distal end, the handle portion configured to be engaged by a user when advancing the housing to deploy the closure element. A locator assembly and a carrier assembly are at least partially received in the housing. The locator assembly can have a distal end that contains notches or a shaped edge which are designed to help prevent the misfiring of the tines of the closure element. A triggering system cooperates with the locator assembly and is moveable toward the one or more expansion members of the locator assembly upon the locator control system being operated to expand the one or more expansion members.