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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Spiration, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Erik Liljegren, Redmond, WA (US);
Xavier Gonzalez, Redmond, WA (US);
Lauri Devore, Redmond, WA (US);
Fan Zhang, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
SPIRATION, INC., Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2496 (2013.01); A61B 5/08 (2013.01); A61B 5/1076 (2013.01); A61B 5/6867 (2013.01); A61F 2240/005 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0073 (2013.01);
Abstract
A valve planning tool comprising: (a) a stem having a distal end and a proximal end, (b) an anchor indicator located at the distal end, and (c) a balloon located proximal of the anchor indicator, the balloon including: (i) a retracted state and (ii) a deployed state; wherein the balloon is inflatable from the retracted state to the deployed state and the balloon is substantially non-compliant so that the balloon is only inflatable to one size.