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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:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2005
Applicant:
Patrick J. Ferguson, Portland, OR (US);
Inventor:
Patrick J. Ferguson, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
CP Medical, Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 36/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
System, including apparatus and methods, for positioning medical material in living tissue using hollow elements that are formed unitarily from a synthetic bioabsorbable material. The hollow elements are optionally filled with a core material and a heat shrink process is performed so that the hollow elements are tightened around the core material.