Lucas S. Gordon,Mark L. Mathis,Gregory Nieminen,Leonard Kowalsky,Ryan Braxtan,Brian J. Doll
申请号:
US10945855
公开号:
US08182529B2
申请日:
2004.09.20
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要:
The invention is a method of delivering and deploying a tissue shaping device in a lumen within a patient, with the tissue shaping device including an anchor. In some embodiments the method includes the steps of: inserting a delivery catheter into the lumen percutaneously delivering the device to a target site within the lumen through a delivery catheter operating an actuator to expose an anchor and operating the actuator to lock the anchor. In other, the method includes the steps of: inserting a delivery catheter into the lumen moving the device from a cartridge into the delivery catheter delivering the device to a target site within the lumen operating an actuator to move the delivery catheter with respect to the anchor to expose the anchor and expanding the anchor.