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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:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Plaia, Tigard, OR (US);
Vincent A Reger, Portland, OR (US);
Gregory N Nordgren, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Assignee:
Endovascular Instruments, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128898 ; 606194 ; 623-1 ;
Abstract
Methods of artificially lining a vessel, especially an artery, of a medical patient to address the existence of a flow-inhibiting atheroma and to significantly alleviate the probability of restenosis, and the resulting products.