US 12,336,715 B2
Left atrial appendage implant
Eric Dinges, Maple Grove, MN (US); Burns P. Doran, Monticello, MN (US); Dennis A. Peiffer, Brooklyn Park, MN (US); Anjali Begur, Maple Grove, MN (US); Thyna M. Chau, Woodbury, MN (US); and Grant Teal Smith, Andover, MN (US)
Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/490,360.
Application 18/490,360 is a continuation of application No. 17/846,523, filed on Jun. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/213,696, filed on Jun. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0041463 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/12122 (2013.01) [A61B 17/12172 (2013.01); A61B 17/12177 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00632 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1205 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical implant, comprising:
an expandable framework having a plurality of struts disposed about a central longitudinal axis, the plurality of struts being joined at a proximal hub and a distal hub;
wherein the plurality of struts form a proximal shoulder region of the expandable framework proximate the proximal hub, a distal shoulder region of the expandable framework proximate the distal hub, and a medial region extending between the proximal shoulder region and the distal shoulder region;
a first radiopaque marker positioned along the proximal shoulder region of the expandable framework;
a second radiopaque marker positioned along the proximal shoulder region of the expandable framework; and
a third radiopaque marker positioned along the proximal shoulder region of the expandable framework;
wherein when the implant is positioned within a left atrial appendage, the first radiopaque marker, the second radiopaque marker and the third radiopaque marker are disposed within a plane configured to be aligned with an ostium of the left atrial appendage.