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US 2014/0236186 A1Published application
Tissue aperture securing and sealing apparatuses and related methods of use
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsPaul SMITH, John B. GOLDEN, Barry WEITZNER
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention may be directed to apparatuses for securing and sealing apertures in tissue and related methods of use.
Claims21
1-69. (canceled)
An assembly for decreasing the size of an aperture in tissue, the assembly comprising:
- a tissue engaging portion including a plurality of tissue engaging members configured to engage the tissue at a plurality of discrete locations around the aperture, the tissue engaging portion having an expanded configuration and a contracted configuration, wherein the tissue engaging members are spaced farther apart from each other when the tissue engaging portion is in the expanded configuration than when the tissue engaging portion is in the contracted configuration;
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- an elongate portion coupled to the tissue engaging portion, wherein the elongate portion is configured to move the tissue engaging portion from the expanded configuration to the contracted configuration upon application of a pulling force on the elongate portion.
An assembly for decreasing the size of an aperture in tissue, the assembly comprising:
- a tissue engaging portion including a plurality of tissue engaging members, the tissue engaging portion having an expanded configuration and a contracted configuration, wherein the tissue engaging members are spaced farther apart from each other when the tissue engaging portion is in the expanded configuration than when the tissue engaging portion is in the contracted configuration;
- a support member coupled to the tissue engaging portion, wherein the support member supports the tissue engaging portion in the expanded configuration;
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- an elongate portion coupled to the tissue engaging portion, wherein the elongate portion is configured to move the tissue engaging portion from the expanded configuration to the contracted configuration upon application of a pulling force on the elongate portion.
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A method for decreasing the size of an aperture in tissue, the method comprising:
- bringing a plurality of tissue engaging members of a tissue engaging portion into engagement with the tissue at a plurality of discrete locations around the aperture, while the tissue engaging portion is in an expanded configuration;
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- pulling an elongate portion coupled to the tissue engaging portion to move the tissue engaging portion from the expanded configuration to a contracted configuration, wherein the tissue engaging members are spaced closer together when the tissue engaging portion is in the contracted configuration than when the tissue engaging portion is in the expanded configuration, to decrease the size of the aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.