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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2008
Howard Riina, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Robert Andrews, Norfolk, MA (US);
Clair Strohl, Norfolk, MA (US);
Jeffrey Milsom, New York, NY (US);
J. Fredrick Cornhill, New York, NY (US);
Kevin Thomas Smith, Stamford, CT (US);
David G. Lamphere, Framingham, MA (US);
Tuan Anh Nguyen, Woburn, MA (US);
Howard Riina, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Robert Andrews, Norfolk, MA (US);
Clair Strohl, Norfolk, MA (US);
Jeffrey Milsom, New York, NY (US);
J. Fredrick Cornhill, New York, NY (US);
Kevin Thomas Smith, Stamford, CT (US);
David G. Lamphere, Framingham, MA (US);
Tuan Anh Nguyen, Woburn, MA (US);
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
Abstract
An expandable spherical structure for deployment in a blood vessel or other body lumen, comprising: an open frame configured to assume a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration; and a closed face carried by the open frame; wherein the open frame is configured so as to permit substantially normal flow therethrough when the open frame is in its expanded configuration, and further wherein the closed face is configured so as to obstruct flow therethrough.