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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2008
Applicants:
Sanford S. Kunkel, Carmel, IN (US);
Eric F. Dahlinger, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);
Inventors:
Sanford S. Kunkel, Carmel, IN (US);
Eric F. Dahlinger, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of maintaining an opening formed in a patient is provided. The method includes inserting a first elongated structure and a second elongated structure through the opening in the a patient, the second elongated structure being moveable within the first elongated structure. The first elongated structure is moved relative to the second elongated structure thereby causing an outside dimension of the second structure to increase in size.