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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2003
Applicants:
Craig M. Carpenter, Boston, MA (US);
Paul A. Garant, Nashua, NH (US);
Lee A. Core, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Craig M. Carpenter, Boston, MA (US);
Paul A. Garant, Nashua, NH (US);
Lee A. Core, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/076 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/12122 (2013.01); A61B 17/12172 (2013.01); A61B 17/076 (2013.01); A61B 17/3417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00575 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00592 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00615 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1205 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention pertains to a system, and related methods, for the percutaneous transluminal delivery and retrieval of a prosthetic occluder through a front-end loader. The prosthetic occluder may be, for example, an intracardiac occluder for a patent foramen ovale. The system includes, in one embodiment, a front-end loader having a beveled distal end. In another embodiment, the system includes a front-end loader having a chamfered rim at the beveled distal end.