Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Post-implantation contractible or expandable devices and method of using and making the same
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Application No.: US15852808Application Date: 2017-12-22
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Publication No.: US10675162B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Edward H. Cully
- Applicant: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US DE Newark
- Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Current Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Newark
- Main IPC: A61F2/06
- IPC: A61F2/06 ; A61F2/852 ; A61L31/14 ; A61B17/12 ; A61L31/02 ; A61B17/00
Abstract:
Devices and methods for the controlled over-expansion of a body conduit and controlled constriction or expansion of a vessel in a patient are described. In various embodiments, a device includes a bio-corrodible expandable support structure and an implant coaxially adjacent the support structure. Contraction of the implant can occur when the support structure is bioabsorbed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180116831A1 POST-IMPLANTATION CONTRACTIBLE OR EXPANDABLE DEVICES AND METHOD OF USING AND MAKING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2018-05-03
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