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Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2004
Applicants:

Michael P. Corcoran, Woodbury, MN (US);

Joseph A. Marino, Apple Valley, MN (US);

Inventors:

Michael P. Corcoran, Woodbury, MN (US);

Joseph A. Marino, Apple Valley, MN (US);

Assignee:

Cardia, Inc., Burnsville, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

This invention relates to flexible medical device. The flexible medical device may comprise interlocking portions formed of a continuous channel. When formed of a continuous channel, the medical device comprises interconnected interlocking portions, rather than independent interlocking portions. The flexible medical device may also be designed so that different portions of the device have different flexibility characteristics.

Published as:
US2005080400A1; WO2006042043A2; WO2006042043A3; US7413563B2;

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