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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2019
Applicant:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventors:
John M. Brinkmann, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Paul D. Goodman, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/93 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/93 (2013.01); A61F 2250/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0082 (2013.01);
Abstract
A diametric adjustment mechanism for an implantable medical device including a track defining a series of diametric setpoints, including a first diametric setpoint and a second diametric setpoint, a rider engaged with the track such that the rider is selectively movable along the track from the first diametric setpoint to the second diametric setpoint and from the second diametric setpoint to the first diametric setpoint, and a biasing element biasing the rider toward the first diametric setpoint when the rider is at the second diametric setpoint.