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US 9,283,065 B2Granted
Medical device anchor and delivery system
AssigneeNitinol Devices and Components, Inc.
InventorsStephen J. Kleshinski, Adrian C. Ravenscroft
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AssigneeNitinol Devices and Components, Inc.
InventorsStephen J. Kleshinski, Adrian C. Ravenscroft
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A method and an apparatus for anchoring a medical implant device within a blood vessel or other body passageway are described herein. An anchor delivery system houses one or more expandable anchors connected to the medical implant device. The anchors remain housed in a non-expanded configuration until the medical implant device has been placed in a desired position within the body, and then the anchors are propelled through a body wall where each anchor expands outwardly from an anchor shaft. In one configuration, each anchor is formed as a compressible closed loop which extends outwardly from an anchor shaft and loops back to cross over and extend beyond the anchor shaft. To propel the anchors, a drive shaft is connected to a triggering unit which, when activated, causes the drive shaft to drive the anchor shafts in a direction such that the anchors are propelled through the body wall.
A method for deploying a medical device in a body, wherein the medical device includes an elongate hollow leg having an opening proximal to a distal end of the hollow leg, an elongate anchor shaft disposed within the hollow elongate leg, and an anchor at a distal end of the anchor shaft having a tip at a distal end of the anchor and a central anchor portion adjacent to the tip, the method comprising:
A method of anchoring a medical device within a body, comprising:
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