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US 10,368,942 B2Granted
Devices and methods for treating cardiac tissue
AssigneeW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
InventorSean Forde
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Abstract
The invention generally relates to devices and methods for treating cardiac tissue, including percutaneous closure of cardiac openings such as a patent foramen ovale (PFO) and obliteration of the cardiac cul-de-sacs. The invention includes a device having at least one elongated member. The elongated member has a first material and a second material interwoven with at least a portion of the first material. The second material is capable of transferring energy to tissue in need of treatment.
Claims7
An energy transferring medical device, comprising:
- one elongated member comprising a sleeve with an interior surface, wherein a portion of the sleeve is adapted to invert at a distal end of the elongated member and the interior surface of inverted portion of the sleeve forms an exterior surface of the elongated member, wherein the distal end of the elongated member includes a hairpin turn and the sleeve comprises a first substantially non-conductive material and a second energy transferring material at a portion of the sleeve, interwoven with the first substantially non-conductive material along at least a portion of the hairpin turn;
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- an actuator operatively joined to the proximal end of the elongated member, wherein movement of the actuator causes rotational movement of the elongated member about a longitudinal axis of the sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.