摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) closing device which can join biomedical tissue of a wide range at a time by widely contacting the biomedical tissue by a pinching member, and is designed to further facilitate a technique, and to improve safety and certainty. <P>SOLUTION: The PFO closing device comprises an electrode member having a plurality of branch portions 1c radially spread from the base portion so as to form a pinching face 1d facing a piercing portion 2, and pinches and fuses a wider range of the biomedical tissue M. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |