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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2020
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Ujwal Jalgaonkar, Irvine, CA (US);
Eric Mintz, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Gaurav Girdhar, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
John Wainwright, Irvine, CA (US);
Ashok Nageswaran, Irvine, CA (US);
Minh Dinh, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/12168 (2013.01); A61B 17/12109 (2013.01); A61B 17/12113 (2013.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61F 2002/065 (2013.01); A61F 2002/068 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0006 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01);
Abstract
Expandable devices are disclosed herein. Several of the embodiments are directed towards an expandable device comprising a mesh configured to be expanded at a blood vessel bifurcation of a human patient. The mesh may comprise a tubular body portion and one or more circumferentially discontinuous articulating portions. The mesh may be expanded such that the one or more articulating portions are positioned at an angle to the tubular body portion.