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Tissue to tissue anchoring device and method of using the same

  • US 20080097491A1
  • Filed: 08/28/2006
  • Published: 04/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for insertion into a body orifice for anchoring a first body tissue layer to a second body tissue layer comprising:

  • a sheath having a bore therethrough, a proximal end, and a distal end for insertion through at least two body tissue layers and into a body orifice from a point exterior to the body orifice;

    a hollow preshaped microthin polymeric device having a shaft and a ballooning retention element proximal to a distal end, the device being slidably engaged within the bore of the sheath such that the distal ends of each are proximate to one another and the retention element is in a first collapsed state and a second free end of the device protrudes from the proximal end of the sheath, the device adapted to be slid distally through the bore until at least the retention element is free of the sheath whereupon an inflation source may be applied to the device ballooning the retention element into a second expanded state.

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