Releasable tissue anchoring device, methods for using, and methods for making
US8454652B1 · kind B1 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 31, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/22054
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Embodiments of invention are directed to tissue approximation instruments that may be delivered to the body of a patient during minimally invasive or other surgical procedures. In one group of embodiments, the instruments have an elongated configuration with two sets of expandable wings that each have spreadable wings that can be made to expand when located on opposite sides of a distal tissue region and a proximal tissue region and can then be made to move toward one another to bring the two tissue regions into a more proximate position. The instrument is delivered through a needle or catheter and is controlled by relative movement of a push tube and control wire wherein the control wire can be released from the instrument via rotation in a first direction and can cause release of the approximation device from tissue that it is holding by rotation in the opposite direction.
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