Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inflatable implant
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Application No.: US16273008Application Date: 2019-02-11
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Publication No.: US11000288B2Publication Date: 2021-05-11
- Inventor: W. Patrick Stephens , Gerald Ray Martin
- Applicant: TriVascular, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Rosa
- Assignee: TriVascular, Inc.
- Current Assignee: TriVascular, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Rosa
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/12
- IPC: A61B17/12

Abstract:
Described is an inflatable implant suitable for placement in the human body and left there for an indeterminate and potentially lengthy period of time. The implant includes at least one bladder wall. The bladder wall will define at least one fillable volume and may form more than one independent fillable volumes. The wall and filler material may be selected to deliver treatment materials to the locale of the implant site or to remove amounts of harmful materials from such a region. The implant may, with an appropriate filler material or bladder wall material, be used in cooperation with an appropriate radio frequency (RF) source to cause the increase of a localized internal temperature and a resulting tissue change such as coagulation, ablation, or the like. Methods of using the implant are also described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190167272A1 INFLATABLE IMPLANT Public/Granted day:2019-06-06
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