Off-center tissue anchors with tension members

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11389152
APP PUB NO 20160262741A1
SERIAL NO

15165768

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A tissue anchor includes a shaft, a tissue-coupling element, and a flexible elongate tension member. The tissue-coupling element includes a wire, which is shaped as an open loop having more than one turn when the tissue anchor is unconstrained. The tension member includes a distal portion that is fixed to a site on the open loop, a proximal portion, which has a longitudinal segment that runs alongside at least a portion of the shaft, and a crossing portion, which (i) is disposed between the distal and the proximal portions along the tension member, and (ii) crosses at least a portion of the open loop when the tissue anchor is unconstrained. The tissue anchor is configured to allow relative axial motion between the at least a portion of the shaft and the longitudinal segment of the proximal portion of the tension member when the tissue anchor is unconstrained.

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4TECH INC C/O OXO CAPITAL LLC465 WAVERLEY OAKS ROAD SUITE 420 WALTHAM MA 02452-8496

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Campbell, Thomas Westport, IE 48 635
Denti, Paolo Opera, IT 22 498
Donnelly, Evin William Salthill, IE 1 37
Gilmore, Michael Ardrahan, IE 73 2695
Lynn, Kevin Athenry, IE 22 610
Murphy, Charlotte Ardrahan, IE 22 730
Tobis, Idan Beth Hashmonai, IL 58 1440

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