Patent ID: 9005220
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61N

Abstract:
1. A tissue apposition device comprising: a tissue collector having a tissue cavity adapted to collect tissue portions, the tissue cavity including opposing ends spaced apart in a longitudinal direction and a tissue cavity wall extending in the longitudinal direction between the opposing ends, the tissue collector including one or more perforations for applying a vacuum to the tissue cavity; a tissue securement device advanceable into the tissue cavity in the longitudinal direction; a flexible energy emitter positioned within the tissue cavity and adapted to produce an injury to the tissue, the energy emitter including a flexible electrical circuit operably coupled to the tissue cavity wall, the electrical circuit including a flexible substrate that conforms to the shape of the tissue cavity wall, the flexible substrate including one or more perforations that are aligned with the one or more perforations of the tissue collector to draw a vacuum in the tissue cavity through the one or more perforations in the flexible substrate.