US 12,232,743 B2
Exclusion device covers and related methods
Carol Ann Mata, Cincinnati, OH (US); Nikhil Kabbur, Cincinnati, OH (US); Lynn Ann Recker, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Justin David Volz, West Chester, OH (US)
Assigned to AtriCure, Inc., Mason, OH (US)
Filed by AtriCure, Inc., Mason, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/931,305.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/243,322, filed on Sep. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/243,335, filed on Sep. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/243,329, filed on Sep. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/243,313, filed on Sep. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0082963 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/30 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01); B21F 45/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); B29K 667/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1285 (2013.01) [A61B 17/12036 (2013.01); A61B 17/12122 (2013.01); A61B 17/122 (2013.01); A61B 17/1227 (2013.01); A61B 17/30 (2013.01); A61N 1/395 (2013.01); A61N 1/3968 (2013.01); B21F 45/008 (2013.01); B29C 65/08 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/729 (2013.01); B29C 66/87445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00371 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00632 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00831 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00946 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2926 (2013.01); B29K 2667/003 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0056 (2013.01); B29L 2031/753 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An exclusion device, comprising:
a first clamping portion;
a second clamping portion opposing the first clamping portion; and
a biocompatible fabric cover at least partially sheathing at least one of the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion, the cover being generally tubular and defining a relaxed circumference when the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion are in a closed configuration;
wherein at least a portion of the cover is configured to stretch to a stretched circumference of about 2× to about 3× the relaxed circumference when the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion are reconfigured from the closed configuration to an open configuration.