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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:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric D. Blom, Indianapolis, IN (US);
W. Gregory Chernoff, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Daniel W. Karakla, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Hansa Medical Products, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/08 ;
Abstract
An invention relating to a method for the delivery, or placement, of, for example, a voice prosthesis into a puncture. A flexible flange provided on an outside surface of the device is temporarily resiliently deflected into a delivery orientation so the device can be delivered. Once delivered, the retainer holding the flange in the delivery orientation is removed so the flange can extend out to the use orientation.