DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR PATENT FORAMEN OVALE CLOSURE DEVICE

摘要

A medical system for use in reducing the size of an internal tissue opening is disclosed. The medical system can include a patent foramen ovale or PFO closure device and a delivery device therefore. The PFO closure device can include left and right anchors connected by a stem. The delivery device is configured to selectively deploy at least one of the right or left anchors of PFO closure device so as to enable a practitioner to adjust PFO closure device during the positioning procedure. In one embodiment, the delivery device includes a filament operating shaft linked to the right anchor by one or more filaments. A practitioner can move the filament operating shaft to selectively deploy and retract the right anchor during positioning of the PFO closure device. Furthermore, the delivery device comprises a tether shaft for coupling delivery device to PFO closure device. In one embodiment, the tether shaft comprises a first portion and a flexible second portion, wherein the flexible second portion is at a distal end of the tether shaft.