Patent ID: 7156837
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. An arrangement to be passed through a body cavity for interacting with an internal body organ, comprising: an elongate sheath having at least one interior passage, said sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, said distal end being open and in communication with said at least one passage; and at least two elongate structural elements, each structural element having a proximal end and a distal end; wherein the structural elements are inserted in said at least one passage so that at least a distal portion of each element extends therethrough in the longitudinal direction of the sheath; wherein the structural elements are arranged to be displaced relative to the sheath from a first position, in which the distal end of each structural element is located inside said at least one passage and in which the arrangement is intended to be passed through a body cavity, to a second position, in which a distal portion of each structural element extends through the open distal end of the sheath and at least partly in the transverse direction away from the sheath for distending and/or expanding interaction between the distal end of each structural element and a body organ approached by the arrangement through a body cavity.