US 11,751,879 B2
Pericardial devices, systems and methods for occluding an atrial appendage
Andy C. Kiser, Carthage, NC (US); and Mark Douglas Landers, Pinehurst, NC (US)
Assigned to AtriCure, Inc., Mason, OH (US)
Filed by AtriCure, Inc., Mason, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/368,229.
Application 16/368,229 is a continuation of application No. 15/289,750, filed on Oct. 10, 2016, granted, now 10,278,704.
Application 15/289,750 is a continuation of application No. 14/454,571, filed on Aug. 7, 2014, granted, now 9,463,024, issued on Oct. 11, 2016.
Application 14/454,571 is a continuation of application No. 13/151,403, filed on Jun. 2, 2011, granted, now 8,814,778, issued on Aug. 26, 2014.
Application 13/151,403 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/456,855, filed on Jun. 23, 2009, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/351,043, filed on Jun. 3, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/191,062, filed on Sep. 6, 2008.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/135,260, filed on Jul. 19, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2019/0262003 A1, Aug. 29, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/12122 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/12013 (2013.01); A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00557 (2013.01); A61B 2017/12018 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A method for performing a surgical procedure on an atrial appendage of a patient via a pericardial approach, the method comprising:
positioning a device through a pericardium of the patient, wherein a distal end of the device forms a closed circumferential profile around the atrial appendage, wherein the device is coupled to a clip that forms a closed circumferential profile around the atrial appendage;
sealing a portion of the atrial appendage with the distal end of the device; and
isolating, using the clip, the atrial appendage from an atrium to which the atrial appendage is attached.