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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2015
Applicant:
Abbott Laboratories, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventor:
Laveille Kao Voss, Belmont, CA (US);
Assignee:
ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61M 25/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/04 (2013.01); A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/3417 (2013.01); A61B 17/3421 (2013.01); A61F 2/064 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00592 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00637 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00659 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00663 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00672 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/047 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0472 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3484 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3488 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for securing a device in tissue, having a sheath having a plurality of side openings; a rotatable element disposed within the sheath; and a plurality of curved projections extending from the rotatable element, wherein rotation of the rotatable element within the sheath pushes distal ends of each of the curved projections outwardly through one of the plurality of openings and into the tissue.