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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:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2008
Applicants:
James M. Carlson, Bloomington, IN (US);
Shyam S. V. Kuppurathanam, Bloomington, IN (US);
Fred T. Parker, Unionville, IN (US);
Rebecca Sue Todd, Solsberry, IN (US);
Inventors:
James M. Carlson, Bloomington, IN (US);
Shyam S. V. Kuppurathanam, Bloomington, IN (US);
Fred T. Parker, Unionville, IN (US);
Rebecca Sue Todd, Solsberry, IN (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a woven fabric for use in an implantable medical device. The woven fabric comprises shape memory element strands woven with textile strands. At least one of the shape memory element strands has at least one float of at least five textile strands between binding points.