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ANCHORING GUIDE ELEMENT

  • US 20110190707A1
  • Filed: 04/18/2011
  • Published: 08/04/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An anchoring guide-element comprising:

  • a body portion having a distal end and a proximal end; and

    an anchoring portion at the distal end of the body portion, wherein the anchoring portion is configured to be deployed from a contracted state to an expanded state that engages a tissue wall while the body portion extends therefrom, the anchoring portion being substantially transverse to the body portion and operable to resist retraction through the tissue wall.

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