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Device and method for modifying the shape of a body organ

  • US 7,828,841 B2
  • Filed: 12/21/2007
  • Issued: 11/09/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for modifying the shape of tissue adjacent to a lumen, the device comprising:

  • a first anchor adapted to securely contact a lumen wall when the device is deployed in a lumen, the first anchor having an unexpanded delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration;

    a lock locking the first anchor in its expanded deployed configuration;

    a reshaper extending from the first anchor and adapted to contact the lumen wall when the device is deployed in the lumen; and

    a second anchor, the second anchor having an unexpanded delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration, the reshaper extending from the first anchor to the second anchor.

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