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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Medline Industries, Lp, Northfield, IL (US);
Inventor:
Ryan Niver, Glenview, IL (US);
Assignee:
Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8019 (2013.01); A61B 17/8047 (2013.01); A61B 17/8625 (2013.01); A61B 17/866 (2013.01); A61B 2017/8655 (2013.01);
Abstract
A compression device made of a superelastic material having a peripheral portion with an upper surface, a lower surface, and a central opening extending therethrough is provided. One or more resilient teeth project inward of the peripheral portion into the central opening and are configured to exert a biasing force in an axial direction when deformed in a direction opposite the axial direction.