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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2006
Applicants:
Halil I. Karabey, San Jose, CA (US);
Anna G. Prestezog, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael S. Mirizzi, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Halil I. Karabey, San Jose, CA (US);
Anna G. Prestezog, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael S. Mirizzi, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/01 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/12186 (2013.01); A61B 17/06 (2013.01); A61B 17/12022 (2013.01); A61B 17/12031 (2013.01); A61B 17/12036 (2013.01); A61B 17/1204 (2013.01); A61B 17/12109 (2013.01); A61B 17/12136 (2013.01); A61B 17/12159 (2013.01); A61B 17/12172 (2013.01); A61B 17/12181 (2013.01); A61B 17/1219 (2013.01); A61B 17/122 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00898 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0474 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06176 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1205 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for treating a hollow anatomical structure comprises an implant comprising a plurality of bioabsorbable fibers. The implant has a compressed state in which the implant can fit within a cylindrical tube having an inside diameter of 8 French or less. The implant is expandable from the compressed state to an expanded state in which the implant has sufficient size to span the inside diameter of a cylindrical tube having an inside diameter of 12 French or greater.