Patent ID: 9220487
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical device deployable at least partially within a hole defined in a tissue structure, the hole defining an axis oriented axially through the hole, the medical device comprising: a catheter configured to be positioned adjacent the hole defined in the tissue structure; and a framework configured to maintain a substantially flat configuration as said framework transitions and self-expands from a non-deployed state within the catheter to an intended, as deployed state from the catheter, said framework oriented substantially parallel to, or extending substantially along, the axis of the hole when in the intended, as deployed state within the tissue structure, said framework comprising a central portion and at least one anchor extending from said central portion, said central portion including central frame struts having a length and a width, wherein the width of at least one of said central frame struts varies along at least a portion of the length of said at least one of said central frame struts in a tapered configuration, said tapered configuration tapering to a tapered end such that said tapered end directly interconnects to another portion of the framework.