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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.:

US 9486224 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 13, 2015

Method and apparatus for restricting flow through an opening in the side wall of a body lumen, and/or for reinforcing a weakness in the side wall of a body lumen, while still maintaining substantially normal flow through the body lumen

Applicant:

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);

Inventors:

Howard Riina, Scarsdale, NY (US);

Jeffrey Milsom, New York, NY (US);

J. Frederick Cornhill, New York, NY (US);

Tuan Anh Nguyen, Woburn, MA (US);

Kevin Smith, Stamford, CT (US);

Kevin Keough, Canton, MA (US);

Robert Andrews, Norfolk, MA (US);

Assignee:

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);

Attorney:

Pandiscio & Pandiscio

Primary Examiner:

Amy R Weisberg

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); C22F 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61H 23/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/12172 (2013.01); A61B 17/12022 (2013.01); A61B 17/12118 (2013.01); A61B 17/12131 (2013.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61H 23/00 (2013.01); A61N 5/0616 (2013.01); C22F 1/006 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/12054 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30242 (2013.01); A61F 2002/823 (2013.01); A61F 2230/005 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0071 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0091 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0095 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for making a device for causing thrombosis of an aneurysm, wherein said device comprises a single elastic filament configurable between (i) an elongated, substantially linear configuration, and (ii) a longitudinally-contracted, substantially three-dimensional configuration, said method comprising:

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