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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:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Maurice T. Y. Verbeek, Geleen, NL;
Frans Philippens, Beek, NL;
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/22 ;
Abstract
A pump for pumping drugs, medicaments or other liquids is disclosed having suture loops co-extensive with the outside wall of the pump. At least one depression is formed in the outside wall of the pump to strengthen the wall.