| 摘要 |
<p>Methods, apparatus, and systems for locating a patent foramen ovale (PFO) with a positioning device (222, 422) that can be configured to occlude the PFO. Methods, apparatus, and systems include the use of a positioning device that can be seated on the limbus of a septum secundum (SS). The positioning device includes a piercing member that can pierce (270) the SS and a septum primum.</p> |
| 申请人 |
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.;SOGARD, DAVID, J.;RICHARDSON, LEONARD, B.;HARRISON, KENT, D.;SHEAHEN, DIANE, M. |
发明人 |
SOGARD, DAVID, J.;RICHARDSON, LEONARD, B.;HARRISON, KENT, D.;SHEAHEN, DIANE, M. |
