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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Inventor:
Michael G. Tal, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Assignee:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320758 (2013.01); A61B 17/00008 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00778 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22084 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wire for use with a vascular treatment device may have a proximal end, a distal end, and a main shaft extending therebetween. The distal end may have a distal free end and a first segment. The first segment may extend from the main shaft and may be biased to a first included angle that is defined between the main shaft and the first segment and less than 180 degrees.