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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2021
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stryker European Operations Limited, Carrigtwohill, IE;
Murtagh M. Murphy, Cork, IE;
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stryker European Operations Limited, County Cork, IE;
Abstract
A medical device includes: an elongated member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a body extending between the proximal end and the distal end; wherein the elongated member includes a tubular section having a plurality of slots extending into a wall of the tubular section, the plurality of slots having a first slot; and wherein the elongated member further includes fillers respectively located in the slots, the fillers having a first filler, wherein the first filler has a spongy material located in the first slot.