Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Implantable graft to close a fistula
- Patent Title (中): 植入式移植物闭合瘘管
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Application No.: US11807801Application Date: 2007-05-30
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Publication No.: US08764791B2Publication Date: 2014-07-01
- Inventor: David N. Armstrong
- Applicant: David N. Armstrong
- Applicant Address: US IN Bloomington
- Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Bloomington
- Agency: Brinks Gilson & Lione
- Main IPC: A61B17/10
- IPC: A61B17/10 ; A61D1/00

Abstract:
An implantable graft, which may be inserted into a fistula tract to occlude the primary opening of the fistula, is provided. The graft may have a curved, generally conical shape with a trumpet-like head end that continuously tapers to a smaller tail end. The graft may be an integral unit made of a single material, such as a heterograft material. Methods of closing single and multiple fistulae are also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070233278A1 Implantable graft to close a fistula Public/Granted day:2007-10-04
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