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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:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Louis McNern, Donegal, IE;
Enda Connaughton, Galway, IE;
Richard Crawford, Galway, IE;
Gary Gilmartin, Foxford, IE;
Matthew Montague, Galway, IE;
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 2/93 (2013.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61B 17/1114 (2013.01); A61F 2/93 (2013.01); A61F 2002/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
An esophageal atresia bridge device including a proximal anchor, a distal anchor, and a brace extending between the proximal anchor and the distal anchor. The brace permits the proximal anchor to move toward the distal anchor to apply a controlled tension that pulls the esophagus together and stretches the esophagus over time.