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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2010
Applicants:
Aaron V. Kaplan, Norwich, VT (US);
Jaime Vargas, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Aaron V. Kaplan, Norwich, VT (US);
Jaime Vargas, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tryton Medical, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2/856 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/954 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2/97 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2/856 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/954 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2/97 (2013.01); A61F 2002/821 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91508 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91516 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91525 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91533 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9155 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91558 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91575 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9583 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01); A61M 25/1002 (2013.01);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides a prosthesis delivery system comprising a delivery catheter having an expandable member and a prosthesis carried over the expandable member. The prosthesis includes a radially expandable scaffold section and at least two anchors extending axially from an end thereof; and means for capturing at least the anchors to prevent the anchors from divaricating from the expandable member as the catheter is advanced through a patient's vasculature.