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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:
Aug. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fernando DiCaprio, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jan D. Seppala, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Kyle P. Taylor, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Assignee:
SciMed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to catheters used for delivering medical devices. The catheter incorporates sleeves which aid in containing the medical device on the catheter, wherein the sleeves have portions comprising high modulus material to aid in the function of the sleeves.