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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. 01, 2001
Filed:
May. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Qi-Bin Bao, Bloomington, MN (US);
Hansen A. Yuan, Fayetteville, NY (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Bio Surfaces, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 ; A61F 2/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 ; A61F 2/28 ;
Abstract
A surgical device and related method and kit for use in sealing a biological aperture in situ. In one embodiment, the device is provided in the form of an expandable, porous material such as poly(vinyl alcohol).
Published as:
WO9961084A1; AU4211899A; EP1091776A1; US6224630B1; JP2002516156A; EP1091776B1; DE69917267D1; DE69917267T2; EP1462128A1; ES2224671T3; JP4317659B2;