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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2012
Applicant:
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventor:
Vincent McHugo, Co. Tipperary, IE;
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2002/075 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9511 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9528 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9534 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0078 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for the delivery, repositioning, and removal of a stent is provided that utilizes inherent properties of stents, such as wire woven helical stents, including foreshortening. The stent can be radially constrained to reduce its diameter by applying a tensile force along its proximal and distal ends to collapse the stent permitting the delivery, repositioning, and removal of the stent.