Patent ID: 7704268

Claim:
A medical device for closing a septal defect comprising: a distal portion for use on one side of the septal defect and including a distal end; a proximal portion for use on another side of the defect and including a proximal end; a center joint connected to and separating the distal and proximal portions; the device being movable between an elongated delivery position and a compressed deployed position in which the proximal and distal ends are closer together than the proximal and distal ends are in the elongated delivery position; at least one of the portions including a plurality of petals configured to provide a force against the area around the septal defect, each petal including two segments extending generally radially away from a same piece selected from the distal end, proximal end, and the center joint, and a portion at the outer perimeter of the petal connecting the two segments, wherein at least one petal is further connected to an adjacent petal through a hinge that connects to one of the segments of one petal and to one of the segments of another petal.