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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2009
Applicants:
Richard S. Ginn, Gilroy, CA (US);
David White, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ryan S. Christian, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey J. Christian, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard S. Ginn, Gilroy, CA (US);
David White, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ryan S. Christian, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey J. Christian, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
Promed, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 6/06 (2006.01); A61F 6/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 6/225 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for occluding body lumens such as fallopian tubes which has an occluder element which has a lumen and a fixation element located in the lumen of the occluder element. The fixation element has at least one looped wire which has a proximal region which is biased radially outwardly and be constrained prior to deployment of the device.