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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2010
Applicants:
Carey V. Campbell, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Joel M. Greene, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Cody L. Hartman, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Carey V. Campbell, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Joel M. Greene, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Cody L. Hartman, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical device with an expandable element and slidable constraint of at least two portions surrounding the expandable element which slides away from the middle region and toward the distal and proximal ends of the expandable element upon expansion of the expandable element to influence the rate, shape and/or force required to expand the expandable element and methods for use in a body lumen are provided.