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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. 07, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Geoffrey A Orth, La Granada, CA (US);
Scott C Anderson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Peter S Brown, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606198 ; 606191 ; 606194 ; 623-1 ; 623 12 ;
Abstract
An intraluminal stent for implanting in a body lumen in which a plurality of connecting members are deformed radially outwardly to form projecting barbs for attaching the stent to a body lumen. The stent has a first, unexpanded low profile diameter for intraluminal delivery, and a second, larger expanded diameter for implanting in a body lumen in which projecting barbs are formed and which penetrate the body lumen to assist in attaching the stent to the walls of the body lumen.
Published as:
CA2171672A1; EP0732088A2; JPH08332231A; US5591197A; EP0732088A3; US5681346A; EP0974314A2; EP0732088B1; DE69607672D1; DE69607672T2; EP0974314A3; JP3190567B2; EP0974314B1; DE69624517D1; DE69624517T2;