Patent ID: 7758611
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A device for treating a patent foramen ovale comprising: a first part having a predetermined length; a second part having a predetermined length; a third part having a predetermined length; a first connection portion bendably connecting a proximal end of said first part and a distal end of said second part to each other; a second connection portion bendably connecting a position, located at a proximal end of said second part, which obliquely confronts said first connection portion and a distal end of said third part to each other, a pulling member penetrating into said second part from a side face of a distal portion of said second part, crossing said second part and extends from a side face of a proximal portion of said second part, and penetrating or being penetrable into said third part from a side face of a distal portion of said third part, with one end of said pulling member held by said first part, and a pair of a locking mechanism provided at other end of said pulling member and said third part being locked to each other, when said pulling member is pulled to allow said first part and said second part to proximate to each other and said second part and said third part to be proximate to each other; wherein said one end of said pulling member held at a position of said first part in the vicinity of said first connection portion, said pulling member penetrates into said second part from a position of said side face of said distal portion of said second part in the vicinity of said first connection portion, extends from a position of said side face of said proximal portion of said second part in the vicinity of said second connection portion, and penetrates into said third part from a position of said side surface of said distal portion of said third part in the vicinity of said second connection portion.