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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2011
Applicant:
Kyle R. Buckley, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Kyle R. Buckley, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Assignee:
W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/97 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/97 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical device constraint includes an elastic element having proximal and distal ends, a continuous lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends of the tubular elastic element; and a medical device disposed at least partially within the continuous lumen, wherein the generally tubular element has a first state in which the tubular element is longitudinally held in tension to conceal a gap between the medical device and a distal tip and a second state in which the tubular element is longitudinally relaxed and spaced apart from the gap.