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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.
Norris, Patrick. (2015). Apposition fiber for use in endoluminal deployment of expandable devices in tortuous anatomies (U.S. Patent No. 9095466). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9095466
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