Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Off-center tissue anchors
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Application No.: US16724796Application Date: 2019-12-23
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Publication No.: US11337686B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Michael Gilmore , Paolo Denti , John Mullins , Charlotte Murphy , Kevin Lynn , Andrea Guidotti , Hugo Vanermen , Thomas Campbell
- Applicant: 4Tech Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: 4Tech Inc.
- Current Assignee: 4Tech Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Agency: UltimatEdge IP Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Dean G. Stathakis; Vito A. Canuso, III
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61F2/24 ; A61B17/068 ; A61B17/10 ; A61F2/82 ; A61B17/00 ; A61F2/915 ; A61B17/064

Abstract:
A method is provided including introducing, during a transcatheter procedure, a tissue anchor into a cardiac chamber of a heart of a subject, while a tissue-coupling element of the tissue anchor is constrained by a deployment tool. The tissue-coupling element is delivered distally through a cardiac wall. The tissue anchor is at least partially released from the deployment tool such that the tissue-coupling element is unconstrained by the deployment tool. After the tissue-coupling element is delivered through the cardiac wall and the tissue anchor is at least partially released from the deployment tool, whether the tissue-coupling element overlies a coronary blood vessel is ascertained, and, if the tissue-coupling element overlies the coronary blood vessel, the tissue anchor is rotated until the tissue-coupling element no longer overlies the coronary blood vessel. Thereafter, the tissue-coupling element is proximally pulled by applying tension to the tissue anchor. Other embodiments are also described.
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