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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Spiration, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Erik Liljegren, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
SPIRATION, INC., Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/20 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/12104 (2013.01); A61B 17/12036 (2013.01); A61B 17/12172 (2013.01); A61B 17/12177 (2013.01); A61F 2/24 (2013.01); A61F 2002/043 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0093 (2013.01);
Abstract
A valve () comprising: (a) membrane () and (b) a frame () in communication with the membrane so that the frame expands the membrane, the frame including: (i) a rod (), (ii) a plurality of struts () connected to the rod at a distal end and extending generally radially outward as the struts extend away from the distal end and towards a proximal end; (iii) a plurality of anchors () that are in direct communication with the struts between the distal end and the proximal end, each of the plurality of anchors extending through an exit location () in the membrane.