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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2005
Applicants:
Hiroatsu Sugimoto, Cambridge, MA (US);
Aaron M. Call, Lowell, MA (US);
Karl R. Leinsing, Hampton, NH (US);
Inventors:
Hiroatsu Sugimoto, Cambridge, MA (US);
Aaron M. Call, Lowell, MA (US);
Karl R. Leinsing, Hampton, NH (US);
Assignee:
Mitralign, Inc., Tewksbury, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0419 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/048 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tissue anchor includes an anchor member formed from a generally flexible material. An activation member, which may be a tensioning member, causes proximal and distal end portions of the anchor member to move toward each other into a shortened configuration suitable for anchoring against the tissue. The tissue anchor can optionally be deployed and activated using a catheter device.