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US 2012/0083806 A1Published application
Tissue anchor system
AssigneeKardium Inc.
InventorDouglas Goertzen
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Abstract
A tissue anchor system includes a plurality of elongated members pivotally coupled by a pivot member and at least one coupler coupled to at least one of the elongated members between a pivot point and an end of the elongated member which coupler is operable to secure the elongated members in a configuration that securely couples the tissue anchor to tissue.
Claims17
A tissue anchor system for securing an implant member to tissue within a body during an implant procedure, the tissue anchor system comprising:
- a tissue anchor comprising plurality of elongated members, each of the elongated members comprising a first end, a second end and an intermediate portion positioned between the first and the second ends, wherein each of the second ends comprises a tip shaped to penetrate the tissue, and the intermediate portions of at least two of the elongate members are pivotably coupled together by a pivot member;
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- at least one coupler physically coupled to at least one of the elongated members at location on a portion of the at least one of the elongated members extending between the pivot point and the first end of the at least one of the elongated members, the coupler configured to securely couple the tissue anchor to the implant member during the implant procedure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.