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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Vactronix Scientific Llc, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher T. Boyle, Flushing, NY (US);
Christopher E. Banas, Breckenridge, CO (US);
Denes Marton, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Vactronix Scientific, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61L 31/02 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61L 31/022 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91541 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91558 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91575 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0023 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0091 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0042 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implantable expandable medical device in which selected regions of the device are in a martensite phase and selected regions are in an austenite phase. The martensitic regions exhibit pseudoplastic behavior in vivo and may be deformed without recovery under in vivo body conditions. In contrast the austenitic regions exhibit superelastic behavior in vivo and will recover their pre-programmed configuration upon deformation or release of an applied strain.