Closure device with rapidly eroding anchor

An anchor for use with a closure device includes a body being configured to move from a pre-deployed state to a deployed state. In the pre-deployed state, the body has a first width aspect relative to a direction of deployment and a second width aspect in the deployed state relative to the direction...

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Hauptverfasser: OSMAN KARIM S, ROORDA WOUTER E, VOSS LAVEILLE K, MCCRYSTLE KELLY J
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An anchor for use with a closure device includes a body being configured to move from a pre-deployed state to a deployed state. In the pre-deployed state, the body has a first width aspect relative to a direction of deployment and a second width aspect in the deployed state relative to the direction of deployment, the second width aspect being greater than the first width aspect and the body being formed from a rapidly eroding material configured to erode through dissolution within a body lumen.