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Patent US7930016 - Tissue closure system - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsTissue closure systems are described herein. Such a system may include a deployment catheter and an attached imaging hood deployable into an expanded configuration. In use, the imaging hood is placed against or adjacent to a region of tissue to be imaged in a body lumen that is normally filled with an...http://www.google.com/patents/US7930016?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7930016 - Tissue closure systemAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7930016 B1Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/560,732Publication dateApr 19, 2011Filing dateNov 16, 2006Priority dateFeb 2, 2005Fee statusPaidPublication number11560732, 560732, US 7930016 B1, US 7930016B1, US-B1-7930016, US7930016 B1, US7930016B1InventorsVahid SaadatOriginal AssigneeVoyage Medical, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (425), Non-Patent Citations (52), Referenced by (13), Classifications (42), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetTissue closure system
US 7930016 B1Abstract
Tissue closure systems are described herein. Such a system may include a deployment catheter and an attached imaging hood deployable into an expanded configuration. In use, the imaging hood is placed against or adjacent to a region of tissue to be imaged in a body lumen that is normally filled with an opaque bodily fluid such as blood. A translucent or transparent fluid, such as saline, can be pumped into the imaging hood until the fluid displaces any blood, thereby leaving a clear region of tissue to be imaged via an imaging element in the deployment catheter. Additionally, the system can be deployed in a number of various ways to effect the closure of wounds or openings in the patient body.
The present invention relates generally to medical devices used for visualizing and/or closing openings or defects within a body. More particularly, the present invention relates to apparatus and methods for visualizing and/or closing openings or wounds, e.g., septal defects, patent foramen ovale (PFO), etc., within a patient's body such as within the heart, which are generally difficult to image because of surrounding opaque bodily fluids such as blood.
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