Patent ID: 7288105

Claim:
A reversibly deployable tissue opening occluder comprising an occluder panel and a wire anchor assembly having at least two wire portions extending from the occluder panel forming a continuous wire loop structure opposite the occluder panel, said occluder panel comprising a fabric support structure and fabric supported by a perimeter thereof, said wire anchor assembly having a substantially planar portion with a substantially flat configuration with a width substantially greater than a thickness thereof, said wire anchor assembly adapted to be selectively manipulatable in furtherance of positioning and securing said occluder panel at a tissue opening situs, said wire anchor assembly being at least indirectly linked at a periphery of said wire anchor assembly to a central portion of said fabric support structure, and said wire anchor assembly configured for placement within a tissue opening so as to extend through the opening and between first and second atria of a heart when deployed, and said occluder panel having a periphery with opposite ends, said wire anchor assembly being opposingly urged toward only one of the opposite ends for engagement with the tissue opening in furtherance of closure.