Tissue shaping device
AssigneeCardiac Dimensions, Inc.
InventorsGregory Nieminen, Nathan Aronson
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Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart. Such tissue shaping device can include an expandable proximal anchor; a proximal anchor lock adapted to lock the proximal anchor in an expanded configuration; an expandable distal anchor; a distal anchor lock adapted to lock the distal anchor in an expanded configuration; and a connector disposed between the proximal anchor and the distal anchor, the connector having a substantially non-circular cross-section.
Claims16
A tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart, the tissue shaping device comprising:
- an expandable proximal anchor;
- a proximal anchor lock adapted to lock the proximal anchor in an expanded configuration;
- an expandable distal anchor;
- a distal anchor lock adapted to lock the distal anchor in an expanded configuration;
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- a connector disposed between the proximal anchor and the distal anchor, the connector having a substantially non-circular cross-section,
- wherein the distal anchor lock comprises a bend in the connector.
A tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart, the tissue shaping device comprising:
- an expandable proximal anchor;
- a proximal anchor lock adapted to lock the proximal anchor in an expanded configuration;
- an expandable distal anchor;
- a distal anchor lock adapted to lock the distal anchor in an expanded configuration;
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- a connector disposed between the proximal anchor and the distal anchor, the connector having a substantially non-circular cross-section,
- wherein the connector comprises a first connector, the device further comprising a second connector extending between the proximal and distal anchors.
A tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart, the tissue shaping device comprising:
- an expandable proximal anchor;
- a proximal anchor lock adapted to lock the proximal anchor in an expanded configuration;
- an expandable distal anchor;
- a distal anchor lock adapted to lock the distal anchor in an expanded configuration;
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- a connector disposed between the proximal anchor and the distal anchor, the connector having a substantially non-circular cross-section,
- wherein the distal anchor comprises a crimp and a wire element extending from the crimp, the wire element having a strain relief portion extending distal of the crimp to form a bend extending substantially below a plane defined by the crimp.
A tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart, the tissue shaping device comprising:
- an expandable proximal anchor;
- a proximal anchor lock adapted to lock the proximal anchor in an expanded configuration;
- an expandable distal anchor;
- a distal anchor lock adapted to lock the distal anchor in an expanded configuration;
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- a connector disposed between the proximal anchor and the distal anchor, the connector having a substantially non-circular cross-section,
- wherein the proximal anchor comprises a crimp and a wire element extending from the crimp, the wire element having a strain relief portion extending distal of the crimp to form a bend extending substantially below a plane defined by the crimp.
A tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart, the tissue shaping device comprising:
- an expandable proximal anchor, the proximal anchor comprising a crimp and a wire element extending from the crimp, the wire element having a strain relief portion extending distal of the crimp to form a bend extending substantially below a plane defined by the crimp;
- an expandable distal anchor, the distal anchor comprising a crimp and a wire element extending from the crimp, the wire element having a strain relief portion extending distal of the crimp to form a bend extending substantially below a plane defined by the crimp;
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- a connector extending between the proximal anchor crimp and the distal anchor connector crimp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.