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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. 21, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael L Marin, New York, NY (US);
Ralph Marin, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Endovascular Systems, Inc., Cross River, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606198 ; 623-1 ; 623 12 ; 606194 ; 604 96 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a non-circular stent, as well as a graftstent complex, that may be used for isolating a pathological defect in the vicinity of a branching passageway. Also disclosed is an apparatus for expanding a stent and for aligning same relative to another stent. Further, a method for excluding a pathological defect such as an aortic aneurysm is disclosed.