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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2011
Applicants:
Patrick M. Norris, Bellemont, AZ (US);
Stephanie M. Walsh, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Anthony P. Peterson, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Patrick M. Norris, Bellemont, AZ (US);
Stephanie M. Walsh, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Anthony P. Peterson, 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); A61F 2/82 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/97 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2250/001 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49947 (2015.01);
Abstract
A catheter assembly includes a single sleeve that constrains an expandable device to a dimension suitable for endoluminal delivery of the device to a treatment site, and further allows expansion of the device toward an outer peripheral dimension that is smaller than a fully deployed outer peripheral dimension to allow positioning of the device at the treatment site prior to full deployment and expansion of the device at the treatment site.