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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. 01, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas J. Fogarty, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Vascular Architects, Inc, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ;
Abstract
A coiled stent graft ( ) is positionable within an AV fistula ( ) and optionally into one or both of the artery ( ) and the vein ( ) to help reduce or eliminate blockages within the blood vessel at the junction ( ) between the AV fistula and the blood vessel.