Exclusion device covers and related methods
AssigneeAtriCure, Inc.
InventorsCarol Ann Mata, Nikhil Kabbur, Lynn Ann Recker, Justin David Volz
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Abstract
Exclusion devices for anatomical structures, and related instruments and related methods, are disclosed. An exemplary method of making an exclusion device for an anatomical structure may comprise assembling a clamping portion of an exclusion device comprising a beam and a biocompatible fabric cover, and securing the cover on the beam by ultrasonic welding a first portion of the cover to a second portion of the cover.
Claims11
A method of making an exclusion device for an anatomical structure, the method comprising
- assembling a clamping portion of an exclusion device comprising a beam and a biocompatible fabric cover;
- and
- securing the cover on the beam by ultrasonic welding a first portion of the cover to a second portion of the cover.
A method of making an exclusion device for an anatomical structure, comprising
- assembling a clamping portion of an exclusion device comprising a beam and a biocompatible fabric cover;
- and
- securing the cover on the beam by heat welding a first portion of the cover to a second portion of the cover.
A method of occluding an anatomical structure, the method comprising:
- delivering an exclusion device to a surgical site in a closed configuration, the exclusion device comprising a first clamping portion, a second clamping portion, and a biocompatible fabric cover at least partially sheathing at least one of the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion, the cover being generally tubular and defining a relaxed circumference when the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion are in the closed configuration;
- and
- reconfiguring the exclusion device from the closed configuration to an open configuration;
- wherein reconfiguring the exclusion device from the closed configuration to the open configuration comprises stretching at least a portion of the cover to a stretched circumference of about 2× to about 3× of the relaxed circumference.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.