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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:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul Gilson, Moycullen, IE;
Assignee:
Bard Connaught, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606213 ;
Abstract
A transcatheter occluder device for closing an opening in a tissue wall includes a body member formed of an open cell polymer foam capable of holding a predetermined occluder shape and being resiliently compressible for transcatheter deployment. The occluder device includes a pair of spaced-apart disks interconnected by a narrow neck portion. Grip means are provided in the neck portion to releasably engage a guide wire for deployment of the occluder device through a catheter.
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