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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);
The Texas A&m University System, College Station, TX (US);
Pooja Singhal, Dublin, CA (US);
Thomas S. Wilson, San Leandro, CA (US);
Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, College Station, TX (US);
Duncan J. Maitland, College Station, TX (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US);
Abstract
A device, system and method for treatment of an opening in vascular and/or septal walls including patent foramen ovale. The device has wings/stops on either end, an axis core covered in a shape memory foam and is deliverable via a catheter to the affected opening, finally expanding into a vascular or septal opening where it is held in place by the expandable shape memory stops or wings.