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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2009
Applicants:
Karan Punga, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Christopher Bingham, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventors:
Karan Punga, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Christopher Bingham, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9517 (2013.01);
Abstract
A self-expanding prosthesis delivery system having an outer tubular structure and an inner tubular structure adapted for tracking over a guidewire and disposed in the outer tubular structure where the outer tubular structure and inner tubular structure form a fluid fillable space, which when filled with a fluid forms a fluid column that provides column strength from the delivery system handle to the stop of the delivery system.