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Apparatus and methods for closing septal defects and occluding blood flow

  • US 6,712,836 B1
  • Filed: 05/12/2000
  • Issued: 03/30/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A plug for closing an aperture in a wall of a patient'"'"'s body cavity, said plug comprising:

  • a frame having a central axis comprising;

    a first plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of said wall of said body cavity;

    a second plurality of fingers attached to said first plurality, wherein said second plurality is configured to engage an exterior surface of said wall of said body cavity, and wherein said pluralities of fingers are positioned substantially circumferentially with respect to said axis; and

    a plugging structure that spans said aperture when said plug is inserted in said aperture, wherein said plugging structure is attached to said frame, and wherein any cross-section of said frame that lies in a plane substantially perpendicular to said axis is discontinuous.

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