Surgery – Instruments – Sutureless closure
Reexamination Certificate
2003-06-05
2008-10-07
Dvorak, Linda (Department: 3739)
Surgery
Instruments
Sutureless closure
C606S214000, C606S215000, C606S216000, C606S217000, C606S001000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07431729
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a device for occluding an anatomical aperture, such as a septal defect or patent foramen ovale (PFO). The occluder includes two sides connected by an intermediate joint. Each of the sides includes at least one elongate element, which is arranged to form non-overlapping loops. Each loop has at least one radially-extending segment that is adjacent to a radially-extending segment of another loop. In at least some embodiments, at least one pair of adjacent radially-extending segments is connected. The loops of the device may be of various shapes, sizes, and configurations, and, in at least some embodiments, the loops have rounded peripheries. In some embodiments, at least one of the sides includes a tissue scaffold. When the occluder is deployed in vivo, the two sides are disposed on opposite sides of the septal tissue surrounding the aperture, thereby exerting a compressive force on the septal tissue that is distributed along both the outer periphery of the occluder and the radially-extending segments.
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Dvorak Linda
Kasztejna Matthew J
NMT Medical, Inc.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP
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