×

Tissue shaping device with integral connector and crimp

  • US 7,794,496 B2
  • Filed: 12/19/2003
  • Issued: 09/14/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A tissue shaping device sized and adapted to be deployed in a human blood vessel to reshape tissue adjacent to the vessel, the device comprisingfirst and second expandable anchors and a connector disposed between, and integral with, the first and second anchors,wherein the first anchor comprises a first wire portion secured by a first crimp portion and the second anchor comprises a second wire portion secured by a second crimp portion,wherein the first and second crimp portions and the connector are formed from a cylinder or flat blank, and wherein a central portion of the blank has been removed to form the connector, andwherein a distal end of the connector is fixed relative to a proximal end of the first crimp portion, and a proximal end of the connector is fixed relative to a distal end of the second crimp portion.

View all claims
  • 5 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×