US 9,433,755 B2Granted

Anchor deployment apparatus

AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.

InventorsBruce A. Behymer, Jacob W. Silverberg, Michael R. Klardie, Michael J. Kern

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Abstract

An anchor deployment assembly includes an anchor receiving element having an elongate member defining a first opening, a second opening, and a lumen extending from the first opening to the second opening. The lumen is configured to slidably receive at least a portion of a therapy delivery element. The assembly further includes an anchor engagement element having a body defining a channel configured to slidably receive the elongate member of the anchor receiving element. The assembly further includes an alignment element securable relative to the elongate member of the anchor receiving element and configured to secure the elongate member relative to the body of the anchor engagement element to restrict movement of the elongate member orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the channel of the body.

Claims19

Dependent claims

An anchor deployment assembly for deploying an anchor about a therapy delivery element, comprising:

an anchor receiving element including an elongate member defining a first opening, a second opening, and a lumen extending from the first opening to the second opening, wherein the lumen is configured to slidably receive at least a portion of a therapy delivery element;
an anchor engagement element having a body defining (i) a face, and (ii) a channel extending along the body proximally from the face,
wherein the channel is configured to slidably receive the elongate member of the anchor receiving element, and
wherein the face is configured to engage an anchor disposed about the elongate member of the anchor receiving element when the elongate member of the anchor receiving element is moved proximally relative to the face;
and
an alignment element securable relative to the elongate member of the anchor receiving element and configured to secure the elongate member relative to the body of the anchor engagement element to restrict movement of the elongate member orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the channel of the body.

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Facts

Application: 14/719,809Filed 22 May 2015 · continuation
Priority: 27 Mar 2008
Published: US 2015/0250986 A110 Sep 2015
Granted: 6 Sep 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

A61M 25/02
Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters: holding devices, e.g. on the body
A61B 17/10
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for applying or removing wound clamps , e.g. containing only one clamp or staple ; Wound clamp magazines
A61M 25/04
Holding devices, e.g. on the body: in the body, e.g. expansible
A61N 1/05
Electrodes: for implantation or insertion into the body, e.g. heart electrode

Family

Application12/056,547Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 27 Mar 2008
Application12/896,147Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Oct 2010
US 8,262,624 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 11 Sep 2012
Application14/141,707Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Dec 2013
US 8,632,502 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Jan 2014
US 2015/0250986 A1Pre-grant publication · published 10 Sep 2015
US 9,039,662 B2Parent of this continuation
Application12/896,147Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2009/0248054 A1Published application
US 2011/0040257 A1Published application
US 2014/0180215 A1Published application
US 9,433,755 B2This patent

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