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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2015
Navilyst Medical Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
George Bourne, Boston, MA (US);
James Culhane, Westborough, MA (US);
AngioDynamics, Inc., Latham, NY (US);
Abstract
A medical device comprises a flexible member that can be adhesively attached to a housing of the medical device, allowing implantation of the medical device into a body through an incision of reduced size. The flexible member can be attached to the housing either before or after implantation into the body. The flexible member comprises suture locations, including a permeable membrane or a suture hole, for suturing the medical device to tissue of the body. The suture holes can be filled with a substance penetrable by a suture needle, to minimize tissue ingrowth before or after suturing.