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US 2025/0025172 A1Published application
Grasping For Tissue Repair
AssigneeAbbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
InventorMichael F. Wei
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Abstract
The invention provides improved devices, systems, and methods for tissue approximation and repair at treatment sites. The invention provides devices, systems, and methods that may more successfully approximate and repair tissue by improving the capture of tissue into the devices. The invention may be a one-way mechanism that allows tissue to enter the mechanism but not easily exit, such as a leaf-spring, a protrusion, a pivoting arm and one or more frictional elements.
Claims20
A fixation device for fixation of tissue comprising:
- first and second distal elements each having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and an engagement surface extending therebetween;
- first and second proximal elements respectively disposed opposite the first and second distal elements, the first proximal element being moveable towards the first retaining distal element from a first position to a second position to capture a first tissue therebetween, and the second proximal element being moveable towards the second distal element from a first position to a second position for capturing a second tissue therebetween;
- a first rigid protrusion extending from the engagement surface of the first distal element toward the first proximal element and being configured to urge the first tissue into contact with the first proximal element when the first proximal element is in one of the first position and the second position thereof;
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- a second rigid protrusion extending from the engagement surface of the second distal element toward the second proximal element and being configured to urge the second tissue into contact with the second proximal element when the second proximal element is in one of the first position and the second position thereof.
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A method of tissue fixation, the method comprising:
- positioning a first tissue between a first proximal element and a first distal element of a fixation device while the first proximal element is in a first position and the first distal element is in an open position;
- positioning a second tissue between a second proximal element and a second distal element of the fixation device while the second proximal element is in a first position and the second distal element is in an open position;
- engaging the first tissue with a first directional trap formed between the first proximal element and a first retaining element extending from an engagement surface of the first distal element, the first directional trap being configured to restrict movement of the first tissue away from the first apex;
- engaging the second tissue with a second directional trap formed between the second proximal element and a second retaining element extending from an engagement surface of the second distal element, the second directional trap being configured to restrict movement of the second tissue away from the second apex;
- moving the first proximal element to a second position closer to the first distal element than the first position of the first proximal element;
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- moving the second proximal element to a second position closer to the second distal element than the first position of the second proximal element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.