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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
Howard Riina, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Robert Andrews, Norfolk, MA (US);
Clair Strohl, Norfolk, MA (US);
Jeffrey Milsom, New York, NY (US);
J. Frederick Cornhill, New York, NY (US);
Kevin Thomas Smith, Stamford, CT (US);
David G. Lamphere, Farmingham, MA (US);
Tuan Anh Nguyen, Woburn, MA (US);
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
Abstract
An expandable substantially spherical structure for deployment in a blood vessel or other body lumen, comprising: an open frame formed out of a closed loop of filament and configured to assume (i) a collapsed configuration in the form of a substantially two-dimensional elongated loop structure so as to facilitate insertion into the blood vessel or other body lumen, and (ii) an expanded configuration in the form of a three-dimensional substantially spherical structure so as to facilitate retention at a site in the blood vessel or other body lumen; and a flow-restricting face carried by the open frame; wherein the open frame is configured so as to permit substantially normal flow therethrough when the open frame is in its expanded configuration, and further wherein the flow-restricting face is configured so as to restrict flow therethrough.