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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. 09, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward H. Cully, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Keith M. Flury, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 3/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 3/900 ;
Abstract
An expandable implantable device is provided having a very small introductory profile. The small introductory profile is achieved by de-coupling the forces necessary to initially constrain the expandable device from the forces necessary to achieve full compaction of the device. As a result, the device can be made from more delicate materials that do not have to withstand overly aggressive compaction forces in order to achieve a fully compacted introductory profile.