Patent ID: 9554804
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A medical device to treat the left atrial appendage (LAA) of a patient, said LAA having an interior and having an ostium, said medical device delivered through a delivery catheter having a tubular delivery lumen, said medical device comprising: a. a cap framework, having an area greater than the area of the ostium of the LAA; said cap framework including, b. a bulb framework, for tethering said cap framework from a location within said LAA; said bulb framework including, c. a plurality of curved tissue penetrating barbs connected to said bulb cable loop coupler, each of said curved tissue penetrating barbs adapted to point proximally during bulb framework advancement out of said delivery lumen and to point distally upon bulb retraction into said delivery lumen by grooming interaction with said tubular delivery lumen; a segmented sail having multiple sail segments attached to said cap framework; each sail segment having an area smaller than the area of said ostium of said LAA.