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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:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2009
Applicants:
Brendan Cunniffe, Galway, IE;
Niall Duffy, Galway, IE;
Noel Coyle, Galway, IE;
Richard William Alan Francis, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Brendan Cunniffe, Galway, IE;
Niall Duffy, Galway, IE;
Noel Coyle, Galway, IE;
Richard William Alan Francis, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to an aspect of the invention there is provided a method and apparatus for delivering a medical stent to a treatment site for forming a conduit between a blood vessel and a heart chamber. The apparatus comprises a hollow cylindrical body having a proximal end and a distal end, the stent being positioned within the body; and an actuator for expelling the stent from the body to form the conduit.