Patent ID: 11903831
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A device for anchoring to a papillary muscle or heart wall, the device comprising:
an anchor movable between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration, the anchor being in the delivery configuration when disposed within a delivery catheter, the anchor being in the deployed configuration when the anchor is moved beyond a distal end of the delivery catheter;
wherein:
the anchor has a body portion and a tissue-engaging portion extending from the body portion;
in the delivery configuration, the tissue-engaging portion of the anchor is elongated and extends axially away from the body portion with a distal tip thereof directed radially-inwardly;
in the deployed configuration, the tissue-engaging portion has a central portion extending radially away from the body portion of the anchor, a distal end extending-radially toward the body portion of the anchor and axially toward the body portion of the anchor, and a distal tip extending axially toward the body portion of the anchor and radially away from the body portion of the anchor;
when the anchor is in the delivery configuration the anchor has a first outer dimension and when the anchor is in the deployed configuration the anchor has a second outer dimension, the first outer dimension being smaller than the second outer dimension;
the tissue-engaging portion of the anchor is engageable with a papillary muscle or a heart wall when the anchor is in the deployed configuration; and
the body portion of the anchor is configured to be coupled with an anchoring filament.