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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:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas Carl Eidenschink, Rogers, MN (US);
Assignee:
SciMed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606198 ; 606194 ; 604 96 ; 623-1 ;
Abstract
A guided protector for a stent delivery assembly including an arbor disposed generally in the center of a sleeve. The distal end of the arbor is joined to the sleeve using a variety of joining methods including a friction fit and plastic welding. In a preferred embodiment, the inside diameter of the sleeve is larger than the outside diameter of the stent which is being protected.