US 12,256,938 B2
Devices and methods for excluding the left atrial appendage
David A. Melanson, Hudson, NH (US); Andy H. Levine, Newton Highlands, MA (US); James H. Loper, Wales, MA (US); Michael T. Radford, Nashua, NH (US); Carol Devellian, Topsfield, MA (US); Aaron V. Kaplan, Norwich, VT (US); and Ronald B. Lamport, Pelham, NH (US)
Assigned to Conformal Medical, Inc., Nashua, NH (US)
Filed by Conformal Medical, Inc., Nashua, NH (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/486,974.
Application 18/486,974 is a division of application No. 17/338,520, filed on Jun. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,786,256.
Application 17/338,520 is a continuation of application No. 15/795,083, filed on Oct. 26, 2017, granted, now 11,026,695, issued on Jun. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/459,503, filed on Feb. 15, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/413,632, filed on Oct. 27, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0148385 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/12122 (2013.01) [A61B 17/12031 (2013.01); A61B 17/12131 (2013.01); A61B 17/12145 (2013.01); A61B 17/1215 (2013.01); A61B 17/12172 (2013.01); A61B 17/12177 (2013.01); A61B 17/12181 (2013.01); A61M 29/00 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 17/00491 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00853 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00893 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00898 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00951 (2013.01); A61B 17/12036 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1205 (2013.01); A61B 2017/12054 (2013.01); A61B 17/12136 (2013.01); A61B 17/1219 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320069 (2017.08); A61B 2018/0016 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61M 2205/04 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01); A61N 1/395 (2013.01); A61N 1/39622 (2017.08); A61N 7/022 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A left atrial appendage occlusion system, comprising:
a left atrial appendage occlusion device comprising:
a foam body having a closed proximal end, and
an expandable frame;
a delivery catheter configured to carry the left atrial appendage occlusion device for delivery to the left atrial appendage; and
a tether extending through the delivery catheter and through the proximal end of the foam body and engaged with a pin of the expandable frame, the pin having a longitudinal axis with first and second opposed pin sides transverse to the pin longitudinal axis, wherein the tether is configured to extend distally from the delivery catheter on the first pin side, wrap around the pin, and extend back proximally into the delivery catheter on the second pin side.