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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. 10, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sharon S Lam, San Jose, CA (US);
John J Frantzen, Copperopolis, CA (US);
Farhad Khosravi, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-1 ; 623 12 ; 606191 ; 600-3 ;
Abstract
A radiopaque marker associated with a stent which is adapted to be implanted into a patient's body lumen to maintain the patency thereof and a convenient and accurate method for affixing the radiopaque marker to the stent. The radiopaque marker defining an acceptable profile and capable of facilitating, under fluoroscopy, the identification of the position, diameter and length of a stent without obscuring the lesion being repaired and without impeding the deformation of an expandable stent.
Published as:
CA2147709A1; EP0679372A2; EP0679372A3; JPH08126704A; US5725572A; JP2825452B2; EP0679372B1; CA2147709C; DE69510986D1; DE69510986T2;