US 12,004,952 B2
Transcatheter anchor support, systems and methods of implantation
Vivek Rajagopal, Atlanta, GA (US); Jaime Eduardo Sarabia, Mableton, GA (US); Yenchin Liao, Cary, NC (US); Johnny Zhang, Atlanta, GA (US); and Alfred H Raschdorf, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to OPUS MEDICAL THERAPIES, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by OPUS MEDICAL THERAPIES, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Jan. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/156,144.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/122,934, filed on Dec. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/058,763, filed on Jul. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/964,371, filed on Jan. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0220130 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2487 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61F 2/2457 (2013.01); A61F 2/2466 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0441 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0445 (2013.01); A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61F 2002/249 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
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1. A minimally invasively implanted anchor support for securing a medical device to a heart wall, the anchor support comprising:
an anchor securing member defining a lumen wherein said anchor securing member is configured to extend through the heart wall;
a distal flange having a proximal end and distal end wherein said distal end of said distal flange includes an anchor restraint configured for securing to a heart wall and said proximal end of said distal flange includes a flex connector and wherein said anchor restraint is expandable and configured for securing to a heart wall a
wherein said anchor restraint of said distal flange is compressed for implantation and when positioned within said anchor securing member lumen during implantation of said anchor support and said anchor securing member lumen is in the heart wall and wherein said anchor restraint extends beyond a distal end of said anchor member lumen and expands against the heart wall for anchoring against the heart wall; and
a proximal flange, said proximal flange comprising an expandable anchor restraint on its distal end and a flexible compression element extending proximally from said proximal flange anchor restraint wherein said anchor restraint of said proximal flange defines a lumen which is positioned along and receives said flex connector of said distal flange for implantation wherein said anchor restraint of said proximal flange contacts the heart wall after implantation on an opposing heart wall of said anchor restraint of said distal flange wherein said anchor restraints of said distal flange and said proximal flange anchor the medical device on the heart wall.