Patent foramen ovale (pfo) closure method and device

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A - Human Necessities

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B

A61B 17/08 (2006.01) A61B 17/00 (2006.01) A61F 2/02 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2471871

The present invention provides methods and devices for closing two overlapping layers of tissue in a mammalian heart, for example a patent foramen ovale (PFO). The closure devices (40) may take a number of different forms and may be retrievable. In some embodiments, the closure devices may be delivered with a catheter (38) capable of puncturing mammalian tissue.

L'invention concerne des procédés et des dispositifs pour la fermeture de deux couches de tissu se chevauchant dans le coeur d'un mammifère, par exemple d'une persistance du foramen ovale. Les dispositifs de fermeture peuvent se présenter sous différentes formes et peuvent être extractibles. Dans certains modes de réalisation, les dispositifs de fermeture peuvent être fournis avec un cathéter pouvant perforer le tissu de mammifère.

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