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US 2021/0267585 A1Published application
Corkscrew tissue anchor
AssigneeEdwards Lifesciences Corporation
InventorEmil Karapetian
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Abstract
A tissue anchor includes a driver head associated with a proximal portion of the tissue anchor, a pointed tip portion associated with a distal portion of the tissue anchor, a tissue-engagement portion disposed between the driver head and the pointed tip portion, and a cover configured to cover at least a portion of the tissue-engagement portion.
Claims6
A method for anchoring into biological tissue, said method comprising:
- approximating a tissue anchor to biological tissue, the tissue anchor being at least partially encapsulated in a cover;
- engaging a driver head portion of the tissue anchor;
- puncturing at least one of the cover of the tissue anchor and the biological tissue with a pointed tip portion of the tissue anchor;
- and
- rotating the driver head portion to advance at least a portion of a corkscrew portion of the tissue anchor into the biological tissue.
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