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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Applicants:
Edward M. Gillis, San Jose, CA (US);
Csaba Truckai, Saratoga, CA (US);
Paul J. Buscemi, Medina, MN (US);
Inventors:
Edward M. Gillis, San Jose, CA (US);
Csaba Truckai, Saratoga, CA (US);
Paul J. Buscemi, Medina, MN (US);
Assignee:
ReVENT Medical, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/56 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/566 (2013.01); A61F 2/00 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0018 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
Methods of maintaining airway patency in an airway of a patient. A method includes the steps of wrapping a bioerodable material at least partway around an axis to create a wound bioerodable implant, and coupling two points on the bioerodable material to each other. The invention also provides systems for maintaining airway patency in an airway of a patient that may be used with the methods.