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US 2019/0240023 A1Published application
Tissue anchors, systems and methods, and devices
AssigneeEdwards Lifesciences Corporation
InventorsPaul A. Spence, Donald S. Baim, Edward I. McNamara, Hiroatsu Sugimoto, Joseph P. Lane, Jason H. Robinson, Aaron M. Call, Steven D. Cahalane, Mark Maguire, Kate E. Cutuli
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Abstract
Systems, devices and methods for securing tissue including the annulus of a mitral valve. The systems, devices and methods may employ catheter based techniques and devices to plicate tissue and perform an annuloplasty.
Claims19
1-10. (canceled)
A tissue anchoring system, comprising:
- a delivery catheter including a lumen;
- a flexible tensile member;
- and
- a plurality of discrete, flat flexible anchor elements coupled for movement along the flexible tensile member to form an anchor assembly, the anchor assembly received in the lumen of the delivery catheter and the flexible tensile member and at least one of the plurality of discrete, flat flexible anchor elements capable of being extended therefrom and inserted through tissue, the anchor assembly further capable of moving between an elongate configuration and a shortened configuration suitable for anchoring against at least one side of the tissue, the anchor assembly having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a compressible intermediate portion between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion;
- wherein the anchor elements can slide relative to the flexible tensile member, and the flexible tensile member is capable of being pulled to cause the anchor elements to move relative to the flexible tensile member from the elongate configuration to the shortened configuration.
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22-33. (canceled)
A method of cutting a suture located within a patient, the method comprising:
- positioning a suture cutter within the patient, the suture cutter including a blade movable through an adjustably sized cutting window;
- directing a suture through the cutting window;
- reducing the size of the cutting window by moving the blade towards the suture;
- and
- cutting the suture with the blade.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.