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US 11,026,673 B2Granted
Corkscrew tissue anchor
AssigneeEdwards Lifesciences Corporation
InventorEmil Karapetian
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Abstract
A tissue anchor includes a driver head associated with a proximal portion of the tissue anchor, a pointed tip portion associated with a distal portion of the tissue anchor, a tissue-engagement portion disposed between the driver head and the pointed tip portion, and a cover configured to cover at least a portion of the tissue-engagement portion.
Claims20
A tissue anchor comprising:
- a driver head associated with a proximal portion of the tissue anchor;
- a pointed tip portion associated with a distal portion of the tissue anchor;
- a tissue-engagement portion disposed between the driver head and the pointed tip portion;
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- a cover cinched to a neck portion of the tissue anchor between the driver head and the tissue-engagement portion and configured to cover the pointed tip portion and the tissue-engagement portion.
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A tissue anchor comprising:
- a driver head associated with a proximal portion of the tissue anchor;
- a pointed tip portion associated with a distal portion of the tissue anchor;
- a helical tissue-engagement portion disposed between the driver head and the pointed tip portion;
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- a cover configured to cover the pointed tip portion and the helical tissue-engagement portion, the cover including a proximal collar portion disposed between the driver head and the helical tissue-engagement portion, the cover cinched to the proximal collar portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.