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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2009
Akshay Mavani, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kenton Fong, Mountain View, CA (US);
Leif Erik Bansner, Berkeley, CA (US);
Nathan Christopher Maier, Hayward, CA (US);
Dean HU, Hayward, CA (US);
Moshe Pinto, Mountain View, CA (US);
Harold Francis Carrison, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Eliot Kim, San Carlos, CA (US);
Akshay Mavani, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kenton Fong, Mountain View, CA (US);
Leif Erik Bansner, Berkeley, CA (US);
Nathan Christopher Maier, Hayward, CA (US);
Dean Hu, Hayward, CA (US);
Moshe Pinto, Mountain View, CA (US);
Harold Francis Carrison, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Eliot Kim, San Carlos, CA (US);
Curaseal Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an implantable fistula closure device. The device may include an expandable longitudinally segmented body including a proximal end and a distal end. The segmented body may further include a plurality of porous bodies and a connecting member operably joining together the plurality of porous bodies. The plurality of porous bodies includes a first porous body with a proximal end and a distal end and a second porous body with a proximal end and a distal end, and the connecting member operably connects the proximal end of the first porous body with the distal end of the second porous body.