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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2006
Applicant:
Nikos Stergiopulos, Lausanne, CH;
Inventor:
Nikos Stergiopulos, Lausanne, CH;
Assignee:
Allergan, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An arterio-venous graftis provided with a constriction devicenear its arterial end. The constriction deviceis used to reduce the flow through the AV graft under normal conditions and to relieve the constriction when high flow through the AV graft is required, such as for vascular access for hemodialysis.