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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2010
Ram H. Paul, Bloomington, IN (US);
Sean D. Chambers, Bloomington, IN (US);
Charles L. Mcintosh, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Charles W. Agnew, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Ram H. Paul, Bloomington, IN (US);
Sean D. Chambers, Bloomington, IN (US);
Charles L. McIntosh, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Charles W. Agnew, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A low profile support frame for use as an or in an expandable intraluminal medical device includes first and second wire members that define arcuate paths having opposing curves. Connectors join the wire members, and barbs can be disposed on the connectors. The support frame has radially compressed and radially expanded configurations. When the support frame is in the radially expanded configuration, substantially no portion of the support frame is disposed on a first transverse axis of the frame opposite one end of the frame and substantially no portion of the frame is disposed on a second transverse axis of the frame opposite the other end of the frame. The support frame can be used as an intraluminal medical device by itself or as a component in a medical device that includes other components, such as a stent, prosthetic valve, occluder, or filter.