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AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsGonzalo Jose Saenz Villalobos, Oscar Segura Elizondo, Gabriela Gamboa Bastos, Carolina Padilla Castro
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A compression device having an elongated compressive element which can be looped into and adjusted to different desirable sizes around target tissue. The compressive element may be a simple suture string or the like having a distal portion looped around the target tissue and extending to a proximal end positioned outside the patient's body and graspable and manipulable by a medical professional to adjust the looped distal portion. A cinch device may be preloaded on and delivered with the compressive element to target tissue. The cinch device may be coupled with the compressive element in a manner which may facilitate maintenance of the looped configuration of the distal portion of the compressive element and/or to hold the distal portion of the compressive element in a final looped configuration applying the desired compressive force to the target tissue surrounded by the compressive element.
A system for applying compressive forces around target tissue, said system comprising:
A tissue compression device comprising:
A method of applying and retaining a compressive element around target tissue within a patient, said method comprising:
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