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US 2012/0232585 A1Published application
Method of closing an opening in a wall of the heart
AssigneeAtritech, Inc.
InventorsChad C. Roue, Andrew G.C. Frazier, Michael D. Lesh, Erik J. van der Burg
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Abstract
Disclosed is a closure catheter, for closing a tissue opening such as an atrial septal defect, patent foreman ovale, or the left atrial appendage of the heart. The closure catheter carries a plurality of tissue anchors, which may be deployed into tissue surrounding the opening, and used to draw the opening closed. Methods are also disclosed.
Claims1
A method of preventing passage of embolic material from a left atrial appendage, comprising:
- positioning a patch across an opening of the left atrial appendage;
- and securing the patch at one or more locations surrounding the opening of the left atrial appendage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.