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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Hideki Hyodoh, Sapporo, JP;
Andras Konya, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth C. Wright, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01); B21F 3/00 (2006.01); D04C 3/48 (2006.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); D04C 1/06 (2006.01); A61F 2/01 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/962 (2013.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0091 (2013.01); A61F 2002/011 (2013.01); D04C 3/48 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01); D10B 2509/06 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2/01 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2230/001 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0006 (2013.01); A61F 2002/016 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61F 2002/075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0093 (2013.01); A61F 2002/077 (2013.01); D04C 1/06 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9511 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0065 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0015 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0058 (2013.01); A61F 2220/005 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); A61F 2/962 (2013.01); A61F 2002/018 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0067 (2013.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 2230/008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for treating femoro-popliteal artery of a patient include delivering a self-expanding, woven stent from a delivery system. The methods may include delivering a guidewire to a lesion in the femoro-popliteal artery stem over the guidewire.