Method of making a tissue shaping device
View Patent ↗A tissue shaping device adapted to be deployed in a vessel to reshape tissue adjacent to the vessel. In some embodiments the device includes first and second anchors and a connector disposed between the first and second anchors, with the connector being integral with at least a portion of the first anchor. The invention is also a method of making a tissue shaping device including the steps of removing material from a blank to form a connector and an integral anchor portion; and attaching a non-integral anchor portion to the integral anchor portion.
1. A method of making a tissue shaping device comprising:
removing material from a blank to form a connector and an integral anchor portion; and
attaching a non-integral anchor portion to the integral anchor portion,
wherein the integral anchor portion is a first integral anchor portion, the removing step further comprising removing material from the blank to form a second integral anchor portion, the connector being disposed between the first integral anchor portion and the second integral anchor portion, and wherein the non-integral anchor portion is a first non-integral anchor portion, the method further comprising attaching a second non-integral anchor portion to the second integral anchor portion.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first integral anchor portion comprises a crimp tube and the first non-integral portion comprises a flexible wire, the method further comprising disposing a portion of the flexible wire in the crimp tube.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the blank has a substantially cylindrical cross-section, the removing step comprising removing a portion of the cylinder to leave a connector having a substantially semi-circular cross-section.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the first and second anchor portions each comprises a crimp tube and the first non-integral anchor portion comprises a flexible wire, the method further comprising disposing a portion of the flexible wire in the first anchor crimp tube.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the first and second integral anchor portions each comprises a crimp tube and the first and second non-integral anchor portions each comprises a flexible wire, the method further comprising disposing a portion of the first anchor flexible wire in the first anchor crimp tube and disposing a portion of the second anchor flexible wire in the second anchor crimp tube.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the blank has a substantially cylindrical cross-section, the removing step comprising removing a portion of the cylinder to leave a connector having a substantially semi-circular cross-section.