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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Idev Technologies, Inc., Webster, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jeffery Sheldon, League City, TX (US);
Richard Booth, Friendswood, TX (US);
Kenneth M. Bueche, Friendswood, TX (US);
Assignee:
IDev Technologies, Inc., Webster, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2/88 (2006.01); A61F 2/844 (2013.01); B23K 26/20 (2014.01); D03D 3/02 (2006.01); D04C 1/06 (2006.01); D06C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/885 (2013.01); A61F 2/844 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); B23K 26/20 (2013.01); D03D 3/02 (2013.01); D04C 1/06 (2013.01); D06C 7/00 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0058 (2013.01); B23K 2201/32 (2013.01); D10B 2509/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A woven, self-expanding stent device has one or more strands and is configured for insertion into an anatomical structure. The device includes a coupling structure secured to two different strand end portions that are substantially aligned with each other. The two different strand end portions include nickel and titanium. The coupling structure is not a strand of the device.