Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Left atrial appendage implant
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Application No.: US15213999Application Date: 2016-07-19
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Publication No.: US10548579B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Marie Turkington , Patrick Connolly , Martyn G. Folan , Fergal Horgan
- Applicant: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agency: Seager, Tufte & Wickhem LLP
- Main IPC: A61M29/00
- IPC: A61M29/00 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/12 ; A61F2/01

Abstract:
A medical implant for a left atrial appendage may include a central member having an anchor at a distal end and a plurality of legs joined together at a joint coupled to the central member. The plurality of legs may be configured to expand from a delivery configuration to a deployed configuration. A medical implant may include a central shaft having an anchor at a distal end and a cup-shaped occluder fixed to a proximal end of the central shaft, the occluder being configured to expand from a delivery configuration to a deployed configuration and retard tissue ingrowth thereon. A medical implant system may include a delivery sheath, an implant having an expandable frame including a plurality of legs each having an anchor and a mesh having a plurality of openings therethrough attached to the frame, and a plurality of particles disposed within the delivery sheath.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170027552A1 LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE IMPLANT Public/Granted day:2017-02-02
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