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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:
Mar. 30, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert L Hess, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Coronary Technology, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-1 ; 623 11 ; 623 12 ; 606194 ;
Abstract
A tissue supporting device, preferably a stent-like member of shape-memory alloy, that is expandable by angioplasty apparatus or the like is subsequently removable by heat recovery to its original, non-expanded configuration.
Published as:
CA2109312A1; WO9219310A1; US5197978A; EP0585326A1; EP0585326A4; JPH06507096A; US5197978B1; EP0585326B1; DE69221863D1; DE69221863T2; DK0585326T3;