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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2016
Applicant:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventors:
David C. Keach, Newark, DE (US);
Nathan K. Mooney, Elkton, MD (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00296 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00358 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0225 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09125 (2013.01);
Abstract
Retraction guidewires are disclosed, including retraction guidewires configured to transition from an elongate configuration for delivery to a treatment site through an organ wall to a deployed configuration for retraction of the organ wall, for example. The deployed configuration includes a stem portion and a dome portion having a distal end and a proximal end, the stem portion extending proximally from the distal end of the dome portion.