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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2025
Applicant:
Capstan Medical Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Inventors:
Evelyn N. Haynes, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Daniel T. Wallace, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Peter W. Gregg, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jeremy J. Boyette, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Spencer C. Noe, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Benjamin T. Sutton, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Bruce M. Stokes, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
Capstan Medical Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/962 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9511 (2013.01); A61F 2/9522 (2020.05); A61F 2002/9528 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9534 (2013.01); A61F 2/962 (2013.01);
Abstract
Delivery systems for expandable and stented implants include tensioning members that are attached to rotors with hook-like attachment projections are wound onto the shaft of the delivery system, which is then rotated to unwind the tensioning members and incrementally expand the implant.