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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12232743 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2022

Exclusion device covers and related methods

Applicant:

Atricure, Inc., Mason, OH (US);

Inventors:

Carol Ann Mata, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Nikhil Kabbur, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Lynn Ann Recker, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Justin David Volz, West Chester, OH (US);

Assignee:

AtriCure, Inc., Mason, OH (US);

Attorneys:

Dorton & Willis LLP

Ryan Willis

Primary Examiner:

Katherine M Shi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/30 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01); B21F 45/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); B29K 667/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61B 17/12036 (2013.01); A61B 17/12122 (2013.01); A61B 17/122 (2013.01); A61B 17/1227 (2013.01); A61B 17/30 (2013.01); A61N 1/395 (2013.01); A61N 1/3968 (2013.01); B21F 45/008 (2013.01); B29C 65/08 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/729 (2013.01); B29C 66/87445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00371 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00632 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00831 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00946 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2926 (2013.01); B29K 2667/003 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0056 (2013.01); B29L 2031/753 (2013.01);
Abstract

Exclusion devices for anatomical structures, and related instruments and related methods, are disclosed. An exclusion device may include a first clamping portion, a second clamping portion opposing the first clamping portion, and/or a biocompatible fabric cover at least partially sheathing the first clamping portion and/or the second clamping portion. The cover may be generally tubular and/or may define a relaxed circumference when the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion are in a closed configuration. At least a portion of the cover may be configured to stretch to a stretched circumference of about 2× to about 3× the relaxed circumference when the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion are reconfigured from the closed configuration to an open configuration.

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