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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:
May. 06, 1986
Filed:
May. 03, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
George A Sisson, Chicago, IL (US);
Robert E Berktold, Chicago, IL (US);
Henry W Lynch, Racine, WI (US);
Assignee:
Universal Prosthetics, Inc., Racine, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128344 ;
Abstract
A laryngeal and tracheal stent which can be used to reconstruct the larynx or trachea consists of an elongated cylindrical stenting cuff with an independently inflatable retention cuff at the top and a second independent inflatable retention cuff at the bottom. The stent also has individual cuff pilot tubes for separately inflating or aspirating the stenting, top and bottom cuffs, and guide means for moving the stent into place.