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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2007
Kurt Amplatz, St. Paul, MN (US);
Matt Glimsdale, St. Michael, MN (US);
Jana Santer, Spring Lake Park, MN (US);
Derek Wise, New Brighton, MN (US);
John Oslund, Blaine, MN (US);
Kent Anderson, Champlin, MN (US);
Kurt Amplatz, St. Paul, MN (US);
Matt Glimsdale, St. Michael, MN (US);
Jana Santer, Spring Lake Park, MN (US);
Derek Wise, New Brighton, MN (US);
John Oslund, Blaine, MN (US);
Kent Anderson, Champlin, MN (US);
AGA Medical Corporation, Plymouth, MN (US);
Abstract
A collapsible medical device and associated methods of occluding an abnormal opening in, for example, a body organ, wherein the medical device is shaped from plural layers of a heat-treatable metal fabric. Each of the fabric layers is formed from a plurality of metal strands and the assembly is heat-treated within a mold in order to substantially set a desired shape of the device. By incorporating plural layers in the thus-formed medical device, the ability of the device to rapidly occlude an abnormal opening in a body organ is significantly improved.