Patent ID: 8821529
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A device for occluding a septal defect, wherein the device is configured to be constrained in a contracted state and to assume an expanded state when unconstrained, the occluding device comprising: a proximal portion comprising a proximal outer diameter; a distal portion comprising a transverse outer diameter, wherein the transverse outer diameter of the distal portion is greater than the proximal outer diameter of the proximal portion in the expanded state; and a connecting portion extending between the proximal portion and the distal portion, wherein, in the expanded state, the distal portion defines a central part and first and second outer parts extending from the central part, wherein the central part defines a plane, and wherein each of the first and second outer parts extends distally out of the plane, and wherein the occluding device is configured to be received within a delivery device in a contracted state and is configured to self expand to the expanded state when deployed from the delivery device such that each of the proximal portion and the distal portion engages a corresponding septal wall surface and the connecting portion is disposed within the septal wall.