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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kevin J. Ehrenreich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0206 (2013.01); A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00637 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0287 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tissue support device is provided for managing access through tissue. The tissue support device engages the tissue proximate an opening in the tissue and biases the tissue support device to bring the engaged tissue together.