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US 2015/0173740 A1Published application
Tissue anchor and anchoring system
AssigneeMitralign, Inc.
InventorsHiroatsu Sugimoto, Aaron M. Call, Karl R. Leinsing
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Abstract
A tissue anchor includes an anchor member formed from a generally flexible material. An activation member, which may be a tensioning member, causes proximal and distal end portions of the anchor member to move toward each other into a shortened configuration suitable for anchoring against the tissue. The tissue anchor can optionally be deployed and activated using a catheter device.
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A tissue anchor comprising:
- a generally flexible anchor member capable of being inserted through tissue and moving between an elongate configuration and a shortened configuration suitable for anchoring against at least one side of the tissue, said anchor member having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a compressible intermediate portion between said proximal end portion and said distal end portion, and
- a tensioning member operatively connected to said anchor member such that said anchor member can slide relative to said tensioning member, said tensioning member capable of being pulled to cause said anchor member to move relative to said tensioning member from said elongate configuration to said shortened configuration wherein the compressible intermediate portion can compress and thereby adjust to the thickness of the tissue between the proximal and distal end portions.
A tissue anchor comprising:
- a flat, generally flexible anchor member capable of movement between an elongate configuration suitable for deployment and a shortened configuration suitable for anchoring against tissue, and
- a tensioning member operatively connected to said anchor member such that said anchor member can slide relative to said tensioning member, said tensioning member capable of being pulled to cause said anchor member to move relative to said tensioning member from said elongate configuration to said shortened configuration.
A tissue anchor comprising:
- a flat anchor member formed from a strip of fabric material and capable of movement between an elongate configuration suitable for deployment and a shortened configuration suitable for anchoring against tissue,
- a tensioning member operatively connected to said anchor member such that said anchor member can slide relative to said tensioning member, said tensioning member capable of being pulled to cause said anchor member to move relative to said tensioning member from said elongate configuration to said shortened configuration, and
- a lock member capable of securing the anchor member in the shortened configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.