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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2009
Kevin Heraty, County Mayo, IE;
Liam Mullins, County Westmeath, IE;
Paul Gilson, County Galway, IE;
Martin Burke, County Galway, IE;
Ray Blowick, Galway, IE;
Kevin Heraty, County Mayo, IE;
Liam Mullins, County Westmeath, IE;
Paul Gilson, County Galway, IE;
Martin Burke, County Galway, IE;
Ray Blowick, Galway, IE;
Veryan Medical Limited, Oxford, GB;
Abstract
A medical device includes an expandable element for location in a blood vessel. The expandable element is movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. In the expanded configuration, at least a part of a longitudinal axis of the expandable element is curved in three-dimensional space. The medical device can be stent deployment device which includes an elongate catheter shaft and an inflatable balloon.