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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nathan Weidenhamer, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jeffrey Vogel, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61L 31/08 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/16 (2006.01); A61L 31/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61L 31/10 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01); A61L 31/16 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00982 (2013.01); A61L 31/08 (2013.01); A61L 2300/606 (2013.01); A61L 2420/02 (2013.01); A61L 2420/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Example articles coated with tissue layers and techniques for forming articles with tissue layers. An example article may include a tubular frame extending along a longitudinal axis. The tubular frame includes a plurality of struts joined at apices to define a plurality of cells including a group of struts. The example article includes a tissue layer coating each strut and extending across each cell. The tissue layer defines a plurality of defects, each cell including a respective defect.