Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
PRE-SHAPED TISSUE ANCHORS AND NEEDLES FOR TISSUE ANCHOR DEPLOYMENT

Abstract:

A tissue anchor includes a memory metal wire configured to transition between an at least partially straightened delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration forming an anchor and a suture-attachment feature configured to have a suture coupled thereto. In the expanded deployed configuration, one or more portions of the memory metal wire extend radially outward from a center of the tissue anchor.