Surgery – Instruments – Suture – ligature – elastic band or clip applier
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-22
2007-05-22
Hayes, Michael J. (Department: 3734)
Surgery
Instruments
Suture, ligature, elastic band or clip applier
C606S151000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10341802
ABSTRACT:
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 may take a number of different forms and may be retrievable. In some embodiments, the closure devices may be delivered with a catheter capable of puncturing mammalian tissue.
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Chanduszko Andrzej J.
Opolski Steven W.
Ryan Carol A.
Bachman L.
Hayes Michael J.
NMT Medical, Inc.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
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