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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2023
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Kurt Amplatz, North Oaks, MN (US);
Gary A. Thill, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Pat Russo, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Xiaoping Gu, Maplewood, MN (US);
Jana Santer, Spring Lake Park, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Implantable occlusion devices that include one or more flanges extending from a tubular body are disclosed. The flange or flanges may assist in retention of the device within a vessel, cavity, appendage, etc. At least one flange on the occlusion device may include a concave surface proximate one end of a body. Because of the shape of the flange, e.g., its concavity, the occlusion device may resist dislocation due to e.g., the forces generated within the left atrial appendage during atrial fibrillation.