公开(公告)号：US11266389B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-08

申请号：US16408506

申请日：2019-05-10

Applicant: Tel HaShomer Medical Research Infrastructure and Services Ltd.

Inventor： Leonid Sternik

IPC: A61B17/00 ,  A61B17/12 ,  A61B17/30 ,  A61B17/064 ,  A61B17/08 ,  A61B17/221

Abstract: A device for manipulating the left atrial appendage (LAA) of a heart, including: an elongated and hollow guide instrument which is shaped and sized to be transvascularly and transseptally introducible into the left atrium (LA); a suction channel passing through the guide instrument, the suction channel terminating with a concave holder, wherein the suction channel and the concave holder are shaped and sized to be enclosed within a lumen of the guide instrument during the transvascular and transseptal introduction into the LA and to forwardly extend from the lumen of the guide instrument after reaching the LA, and wherein the concave holder is configured to radially expand; a loop fastener shaped and sized to be enclosed within the lumen of the guide instrument during the transvascular and transseptal introduction into the LA and to forwardly extend from the lumen of said guide instrument.