Patent ID: 8394010
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An anchoring guide-element comprising: a body portion having a distal end and a proximal end, the body portion configured to receive a surgical device and move relative thereto; a unitary rigid tip coupled to the distal end of the body portion; a first anchoring portion coupled with the unitary rigid tip at the distal end of the body portion, wherein the first anchoring portion is configured to be deployed from a contracted state to an expanded state that engages a tissue wall while the body portion extends therefrom, the first anchoring portion being oriented substantially transverse to a lengthwise central axis of the body portion and operable to resist retraction through the tissue wall when in the expanded state; and a second anchoring portion coupled with the unitary rigid tip at the distal end of the body portion, wherein the second anchoring portion is configured to be deployed from a contracted state to an expanded state to engage the tissue wall.