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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:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael S Williams, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606198 ; 623-1 ; 623 12 ; 604 96 ;
Abstract
An expandable intraluminal vascular graft is implanted in a coronary artery or other vessel to maintain the patency of the lumen. The vascular graft, commonly referred to as a stent, expands from a first diameter to a second diameter, and a plurality of teeth are moved in relation to a longitudinal slot to lock the stent in an expanded condition.