Patent foramen ovale closure method
US9861347B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 29, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 9, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2090/064
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to devices for closing a passageway in a body, for example a patent foramen ovale (PFO) in a heart, and related methods of using such closure devices for closing the passageway. The method includes introducing a mechanical closure device into an atrium of the heart and transeptally deploying the closure device across the interatrial septum to provide proximation of the septum secundum and septum primum.
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