Patent 8940002 was granted and assigned to Kardium Inc. on January, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A tissue anchor system includes a plurality of elongated members pivotally coupled by a pivot member and at least one coupler coupled to at least one of the elongated members between a pivot point and an end of the elongated member which coupler is operable to secure the elongated members in a configuration that securely couples the tissue anchor to tissue.