Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Catheter-based tissue remodeling devices and methods
- Patent Title (中): 基于导管的组织重塑装置和方法
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Application No.: US12542479Application Date: 2009-08-17
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Publication No.: US08391996B2Publication Date: 2013-03-05
- Inventor: Laurent Schaller
- Applicant: Laurent Schaller
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Benvenue Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Benvenue Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: A61N1/05
- IPC: A61N1/05 ; A61M25/01 ; A61B17/128

Abstract:
Devices and methods utilizing a catheter to remodel soft tissue of a patient and, in a preferred embodiment, to reduce the volume of the left ventricle of a heart. In some embodiments, one or more sutures are passed through a wall of the ventricle. The ends of the one suture and, more preferably, the multiples sutures are drawn together to draw tissue portions towards one another. In some embodiments, a tissue remodeling clip is implanted into a wall of the ventricle. Ends of the clip are resiliently biased to move relative to one another to draw tissue portions towards one another. In some embodiments, a tissue remodeling anchor includes a base and a plurality of legs attached to the base. The legs of the tissue anchor are implanted into a wall of the ventricle and moved toward one another to draw tissue portions toward one another.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090312598A1 CATHETER-BASED TISSUE REMODELING DEVICES AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2009-12-17
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