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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2004
Applicants:
Dale A. Wahlstrom, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jay A. Erlebacher, Tenafly, NJ (US);
John L. Sommer, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Mark T. Stewart, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Inventors:
Dale A. Wahlstrom, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jay A. Erlebacher, Tenafly, NJ (US);
John L. Sommer, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Mark T. Stewart, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical device having retention means extending along a length of an elongate body of the medical device including a plurality of projections adapted to interfere with a wall of a generally tubular vessel to retain the body within the vessel.