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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Michael S. H. Chu, Brookline, MA (US);
Alfred Intoccia, Amherst, NH (US);
Michael G. Mcgrath, Hudson, MA (US);
Jozef Slanda, Milford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Michael S. H. Chu, Brookline, MA (US);
Alfred Intoccia, Amherst, NH (US);
Michael G. McGrath, Hudson, MA (US);
Jozef Slanda, Milford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06171 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06076 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06042 (2013.01); A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61B 17/06109 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06019 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06052 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00805 (2013.01); A61F 2/0045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical assembly includes an implant and an envelope at least partially enclosing a portion of the implant. The envelope may include a tongue to protect the implant, a scaffold to provide integrity to the envelope, a tab access to ease envelope withdrawal, and/or one or more discontinuities to ease envelope withdrawal.