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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2023
Shifamed Holdings, Llc, Campbell, CA (US);
Brian Fahey, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Scott Robertson, Portland, OR (US);
Peter Andriola, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Shifamed Holdings, LLC, Campbell, CA (US);
Abstract
The present technology is generally directed to implantable medical devices and associated methods. For example, a system configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include a body implantable into a patient and configured to undergo a shape change, the body having a conductive path with variable conductivity in portions thereof for selective and/or preferential heating. The body can be coupled with an energy source that can delivery energy to the body and/or conductive path, to promote the shape change in the body.