Patent ID: 8940001
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A system for retracting, lifting, compressing, supporting or repositioning of an organ or tissue within the body of a human or animal subject, said system comprising: a first anchor having a connector attached thereto; a first introducer defining structure independent from the first anchor and useable to deliver and implant the first anchor at a first location within the subject's body, the first introducer configured to cut a pathway through an organ or tissue displaced from and exterior of the first introducer and through which the first anchor is advanced; a second anchor having a longitudinal axis that is advanceable over the connector; and a second introducer useable to advance the second anchor over the connector to a second location and to affix the second anchor to the connector wherein the second introducer comprises an elongate shaft having a second anchor delivery lumen and a pusher for advancing the second anchor in a first configuration in which its longitudinal axis is generally parallel to the connector through the second anchor delivery lumen and over the connector to a second configuration in which its longitudinal axis is generally perpendicular to the connector.