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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
May. 12, 2017
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Caleb A. Valdes, Lowell, MA (US);
Nigel Slater, Ashland, MA (US);
John Modlish, Groveland, MA (US);
Thomas G. Hirte, Litchfield, NH (US);
Cristina Tessier, Ayer, MA (US);
Sweta Pherwani, Framingham, MA (US);
Paul Mannion, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus may be used after a surgical procedure to protect against leaks and to separate healing tissue from foreign materials such as nutritional contents. In some cases the apparatus may be easily delivered to a surgical site before, during or after a surgical procedure such as gastric bypass surgery, but this is only an example. The apparatus may include expandable anchors at either end and a collapsible central portion extending between the two expandable anchors.