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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Spiration, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Erik Liljegren, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
SPIRATION, INC., Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/12104 (2013.01); A61B 17/12036 (2013.01); A61B 17/12172 (2013.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61B 17/12177 (2013.01); A61F 2/24 (2013.01); A61F 2002/043 (2013.01);
Abstract
A valve comprising: (a) a frame having: (i) a plurality of anchors and (ii) a plurality of struts; (b) a membrane connected to and spanning between each of the plurality of struts; wherein each of the plurality of struts have a free state and a loaded state and in the loaded state the membrane is substantially taut between two or more of the plurality of struts that are in the loaded state and in the free state the membrane is substantially taut between two or more of the plurality of struts that are in the loaded state.