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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. 20, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
James E Lock, Newton, MA (US);
Carol A Ryan, Lowell, MA (US);
Clifford J Dwyer, Wilmington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606213 ; 606215 ; 606151 ;
Abstract
A self-centering umbrella-type septal closure device which includes a proximal and distal occluder each having a plurality of arms supporting the occlusion shells. Each of the proximal and distal support arms have at least three coils any one or more of which is secured by a centering mechanism so as to control the positioning of the closure device so that it is centered about a defect.
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