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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Usgi Medical, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard C. Ewers, San Clemente, CA (US);
Tracy D. Maahs, San Clemente, CA (US);
Shirley Vong, San Clemente, CA (US);
Assignee:
USGI Medical, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/28 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61B 17/22031 (2013.01); A61B 17/282 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00986 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0403 (2013.01); A61B 2017/048 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0451 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01); A61B 2017/061 (2013.01);
Abstract
Tissue anchors include a flat, broad, and large contact surface for engagement with a portion of tissue. Several embodiments of composite tissue anchors include a support element and an overlay element. Tissue anchor assemblies include two or more tissue anchors, a connector, and a cinching mechanism. In some embodiments, the tissue anchors included in the tissue anchor assemblies are of different types, sizes, and/or shapes.