DEVICES AND METHODS FOR LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE

    公开(公告)号:US20240081903A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-14

    申请号:US18514913

    申请日:2023-11-20

    申请人: AtriCure, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61B18/14 A61B17/12

    摘要: Described here are devices, systems, and methods for closing the left atrial appendage. The methods described here utilize a closure device for closing the left atrial appendage and guides or expandable elements with ablation or abrading elements to ablate or abrade the left atrial appendage. In general, these methods include positioning a balloon at least partially within the atrial appendage, positioning a closure assembly of a closure device around an exterior of the atrial appendage, inflating the balloon, partially closing the closure assembly, ablating the interior tissue of the atrial appendage with the inflated balloon, removing the balloon from the atrial appendage, and closing the atrial appendage with the closure assembly.

    DEVICES AND METHODS FOR LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE

    公开(公告)号:US20220354501A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:US17806183

    申请日:2022-06-09

    申请人: AtriCure, Inc.

    摘要: Described here are closure devices and methods for ligating tissue, such as the left atrial appendage. Generally, the closure devices include an elongate body, a snare loop assembly comprising a snare and a suture loop, and a shuttle connected to the snare and releasably coupled to the elongate body and retractable therein. In some variations, the shuttle may be configured to fit into the lumen. In other variations, a handle may be attached to the elongate body, and the handle may comprise a track and a snare control coupled to the track. The handle may be configured to release the shuttle from the elongate body and allow movement of the snare control along the track to retract the snare loop and the shuttle into a lumen of the elongate body.