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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:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Abraham Baum, Givataim, IL;
Elisha Hoch, Rehovot, IL;
Israel Schnitzer, Tel Aviv, IL;
Lior Kacir, Rehovot, IL;
Felix Rabinovich, Rishon Lezion, IL;
Ilia Rueben, Beersheva, IL;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ;
Abstract
System and method for opening and temporarily supporting a section of a generally tubular organ, the system includes a dilation catheter, the dilation catheter includes an integrally connected shape memory catheter tip, the shape memory catheter tip, is made of a shape memory alloy, wherein said shape memory catheter tip assumes a first shape at a first temperature and a second shape at a second temperature.