Patent ID: 8940002
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A tissue anchor system for securing an implant member to tissue within a body during an implant procedure, the tissue anchor system comprising: a tissue anchor comprising plurality of elongated members, each of the elongated members comprising a first end, a second end and an intermediate portion positioned between the first and the second ends, wherein each of the second ends comprises a tip shaped to pierce the tissue, and the at least two of the elongated members are pivotably coupled together by a pivot member located at the intermediate portions with the elongated members crossing one another at the pivot member in a scissors configuration, where in response to movement of the first ends toward one another the second ends move from a first configuration in which the tips are spaced relatively apart from one another with a gap therebetween to a second configuration in which the tips are drawn together; and at least one coupler comprising a plurality of portions, at least a first portion of the at least one coupler physically coupled to at least a first one of the elongated members at a location on a portion of at least the first one of the elongated members extending between the pivot member and the first end of at least the first one of the elongated members, and at least a second portion of the at least one coupler physically coupled to at least a second one of the elongated members at a location on a portion of at least the second one of the elongated members extending between the pivot member and the first end of at least the second one of the elongated members, wherein the at least one coupler restricts pivoting of the at least two of the elongated members about an axis about which the intermediate portions of the at least two of the elongated members are pivotally coupled via an interaction between at least the first and the second portions of the coupler with: (a) at least a third portion of the coupler, (b) a portion of the implant member, or both.