US 12,257,400 B2
Medical apparatus with reflow trapped anchors and method of use thereof
Takahisa Kato, Brookline, MA (US); Matthew Michael Kincaid, Medford, MA (US); and Showna Hsu-Hwa Chang, Arlington, MA (US)
Assigned to Canon U.S.A., Inc., Melville, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/288,329
Filed by Canon U.S.A., Inc., Melville, NY (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/057706
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/092097, PCT Pub. Date May 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/753,648, filed on Oct. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0369085 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/008 (2006.01); A61B 1/012 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/0113 (2013.01) [A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 1/008 (2013.01); A61B 1/012 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61M 25/0026 (2013.01); A61M 25/0053 (2013.01); A61M 25/0102 (2013.01); A61M 25/0105 (2013.01); A61M 25/0141 (2013.01); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61B 1/005 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2074 (2016.02); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2090/374 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3762 (2016.02); A61M 2025/0063 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0166 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0915 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A medical apparatus comprising:
a bendable body having a hollow chamber extending a length thereof;
at least two guide rings disposed in the bendable body, and spaced a distance from one another to define first and second opposite sides of a cavity;
at least two lumens in the bendable body, the at least two lumens extending the length of the bendable body and parallel with at least a portion of the hollow chamber;
at least one control wire slideably situated in at least one lumen of the at least two lumens and attached to a distal end of the bendable body; and
a wall extending along the bendable body,
wherein the wall includes a resilient outer lining and a resilient inner lining that encapsulate the at least two guide rings to define third and fourth opposite sides of the cavity,
wherein respective outside diameters of the at least two guide rings are affixed at respective positions of the wall of the resilient inner lining, and
wherein the wall is pliable to allow for bending of the bendable body.