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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Patrick M. Norris, Bellemont, AZ (US);
Stephanie M. Walsh, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Patrick M. Norris, Bellemont, AZ (US);
Stephanie M. Walsh, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/97 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/97 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9511 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9665 (2013.01);
Abstract
A catheter assembly includes an expandable device that is disposed at a distal end of a catheter and expandable toward a fully deployed outer dimension. A fiber extends from the catheter and is releasably coupled to a side wall of the expandable device near or at an end of the expandable device to maintain an inner curvature of the expandable device as the expandable device is deployed.