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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2022
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Roberta A. Bloss, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Dustin C. Burkart, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Patrick M. Norris, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Matthew G. Sondreaal, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Stephanie M. Walsh, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes treatment of the vasculature of a patient with an expandable implant. The implant is constrained to a reduced delivery diameter for delivery within the vasculature by at least one sleeve. The implant can be constrained to other diameters, such as an intermediate diameter. The sleeves can be expanded, allowing for expansion of the diameter of the expandable implant, by disengaging a coupling member from the sleeve or sleeves from outside of the body of the patient. The expandable implant can comprise a steering line or lines which facilitate bending and steering of the expandable implant through the vasculature of a patient.