Tissue shaping device with integral connector and crimp
First Claim
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.
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Abstract
A tissue shaping device adapted to be deployed in a vessel to reshape tissue adjacent to the vessel. In some embodiments the device includes first and second anchors and a connector disposed between the first and second anchors, with the connector being integral with at least a portion of the first anchor. The invention is also a method of making a tissue shaping device including the steps of removing material from a blank to form a connector and an integral anchor portion; and attaching a non-integral anchor portion to the integral anchor portion.
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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 comprising
first 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, and wherein 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.
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