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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2017
Applicants:
The Texas A&m Univiersity System, College Station, TX (US);
Corinnova Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
John C. Criscione, College Station, TX (US);
Christina M. Bolch, Houston, TX (US);
Boris Leschinsky, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Assignees:
The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US);
Corlnnova Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61M 1/10 (2006.01); A61M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2481 (2013.01); A61F 2002/2484 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention includes a device and method for a self-expanding framework device adapted to facilitate the deployment of an extra-cardiac device. The device includes a deployment tube and a self-expanding wire framework having a structure that results in the self-expanding wire framework circumferential flaring motion and bending outwardly to advance around the heart.