DEVICE FOR POSITIONING AND RELEASE OF A CLOSURE IMPLANT FOR CLOSING THE LEFT ATRIAL AURICLE

DEVICE FOR POSITIONING AND RELEASE OF A CLOSURE IMPLANT FOR CLOSING THE LEFT ATRIAL AURICLE

A device for closing the left atrial appendage. The device has a flexible and elongate pulling element fixed to a flexible material layer connected fixed to a self-expanding stent. The closure implant can be drawn back into the lumen of a catheter by the pulling element, and in so doing the stent fr...

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Hauptverfasser: ULMER, Jens, DEGEN, Nicolas
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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HUMAN NECESSITIES
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MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:A device for closing the left atrial appendage. The device has a flexible and elongate pulling element fixed to a flexible material layer connected fixed to a self-expanding stent. The closure implant can be drawn back into the lumen of a catheter by the pulling element, and in so doing the stent framework can be transferred into a compressed state. The device enables a monitored and controllable release of the closure implant.