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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:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
By-Pass, Inc., Orangeburg, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/704 ;
Abstract
This invention is a hole closure device ( ) having at least two blood vessel engaging structures ( ), preferably spikes, each comprising a base ( ), at least one second, deformable structure ( ) coupled to said at least two blood vessel engaging structures ( ), having a first deformation state, and a second deformation state; wherein said at least one second deformable structures ( ) urges said two blood vessel engaging structures ( ) towards each other when going from said deformation state to said second deformation state; wherein said change in deformation state is at least partially mechanically decoupled from each of said blood vessel engaging structures ( ).