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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:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2004
Applicants:
Steven Opolski, Carlisle, MA (US);
Sean Forde, Watertown, MA (US);
Inventors:
Steven Opolski, Carlisle, MA (US);
Sean Forde, Watertown, MA (US);
Assignee:
NMT Medical, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61D 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical delivery system for delivering or retrieving a medical implant. In one embodiment, the medical delivery system includes a tube having a lumen; an implant; and a suture releasably joined to the implant, the suture comprising a first end, a second end, and a releasable knot, wherein tension applied to the first end of the suture collapses at least a portion of the implant for introduction into the tubular lumen and tension applied to the second end of the suture releases the implant.