Closure devices, and related delivery tools
Abstract
A device (10) for sealing a passageway in a human heart, said step foramen oval free passage in a heart, the device comprising: a first anchor (12) adapted to be positioned proximate a first end of the passageway; including the first anchor (12) a plurality of arms (40) made of a first material; a second anchor (14) adapted to be positioned proximate to a second end of the passage; including the second anchor (14) a plurality of arms (50); a flexible elongate member (16) adapted to extend through the passageway and connect the first and second anchors (12, 14), the elongate member (16) of a second different first material being made in the second anchor ( 14) includes a cover (52) covering the spacing between the plurality of arms (50) and the first anchor (12) does not include a structure spanning the distance between the plurality of arms (40); the first anchor (12) is configured to engage a left atrial opening step, and the second anchor (14) is configured to fit into a step right atrial opening.
Term
No projected expiry on record.
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24 members in 7 offices
Priority claims1
| Document | Office | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 87081301 | United States of America | A |
Members24
| Document | Office | Kind | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US2002183787A1 | United States of America | A1 | |
| WO02098298A1 | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | A1 | |
| EP1392176A1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A1 | |
| JP2004528131A | Japan | A | |
| EP1563790A1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A1 | |
| US2005267526A1 | United States of America | A1 | |
| US2006036282A1 | United States of America | A1 | |
| EP1392176B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 | |
| AT336944TThis record | Austria | T | |
| ATE336944T1 | Austria | T1 | |
| DE60214160D1 | Germany | D1 | |
| DE60214160T2 | Germany | T2 | |
| ES2266507T3 | Spain | T3 | |
| EP1563790B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 | |
| DE60223855D1 | Germany | D1 | |
| US7338514B2 | United States of America | B2 | |
| ES2297563T3 | Spain | T3 | |
| DE60223855T2 | Germany | T2 | |
| JP4262593B2 | Japan | B2 | |
| US7717937B2 | United States of America | B2 | |
| US2010234882A1 | United States of America | A1 | |
| US2013123838A1 | United States of America | A1 | |
| US8777985B2 | United States of America | B2 | |
| US9078630B2 | United States of America | B2 |
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| Change in the person of patent ownerEEIH | EEIH | |
| Publication of translation of european patent specificationUEP | UEP |
Numbers
- Application
- 2737266
Titles2
- German
- VERSCHLUSSVORRICHTUNGEN UND WERKZEUGE
- English
- CLOSING DEVICES AND TOOLS
Classification
- CPC, 12
- A61B17/0057
- A61B18/1492
- A61B2017/00243
- A61B2017/00575
- A61B2017/00592
- A61B2017/00597
- A61B2017/00606
- A61B2017/00619
- A61B2017/00623
- A61B2018/00214
- A61B2018/00273
- A61B2018/00351
- IPC, 4
- A61B17 00
- A61B17 12
- A61B18 14
- A61M25 00