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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:
Aug. 13, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert L Hess, Portola Valley, CA (US);
John E Bramfitt, Woodside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Coronary Technology, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-1 ; 623 11 ; 623 12 ; 606198 ;
Abstract
A permanent tissue supporting device, and a method for supporting tissue, wherein a stent-like member comprising a shape-memory alloy is permanently positioned to support the tissue of a tubular organ of a living body. The shape-memory alloy of the positioned stent-like member is in the martensitic state and exhibits a strain on a horizontal plateau of a stress-strain curve of the shape-memory alloy when permanently positioned in the tubular organ.
Published as:
CA2199956A1; WO9609020A1; AU3721795A; US5545210A; EP0782415A1; JPH10508506A; EP0782415B1; ATE255382T1; DE69532241D1;