- 专利标题: Devices and methods for anchoring tissue
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申请号: US11894468申请日: 2007-08-20
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公开(公告)号: US20080051832A1公开(公告)日: 2008-02-28
- 发明人: John To , Niel Starksen , Mariel Fabro , Nathan Pliam , Karl Im
- 申请人: John To , Niel Starksen , Mariel Fabro , Nathan Pliam , Karl Im
- 主分类号: A61B17/064
- IPC分类号: A61B17/064
摘要:
Anchors, anchoring systems, anchor delivery devices, and method of using anchors are described. An anchor may be a flexible anchor having two curved legs that cross in a single turning direction to form a loop, wherein the legs are adapted to penetrate tissue. The ends of the curved legs may be blunt or sharp. The anchor can assume different configurations such as a deployed configuration and a delivery configuration, and the anchor may switch between these different configurations. In operation, the anchor may be inserted into tissue by releasing the anchor from a delivery configuration so that the anchor self-expands into the deployed configuration, so that the legs of the anchor may penetrate the tissue in a curved pathway.
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