Housing for a functional element
US8864642B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 11, 2010 |
| Grant date | Oct 21, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49826
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention relates to a housing (8) for a functional element (5), in particular for use in the medical field in naturally occurring vessels in the body, the housing wall of which has a slack, flexible, tensionable membrane (8a) with a plurality of formed parts (8b, 8c) secured thereon which support the membrane in the tensioned state thereof. Hence the housing can be expanded and compressed easily, the membrane being supported effectively in the expanded state by formed parts.
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