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Method and apparatus for restricting flow through an opening in the side wall of a body lumen, and/or for reinforcing a weakness in the side wall of a body lumen, while still maintaining substantially normal flow through the body lumen

US8956475B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Howard Riina · Scarsdale, US
Jeffrey Milsom · New York, US
J. Frederick Cornhill · New York, US
Tuan Nguyen · Woburn, US
Kevin Thomas Smith · Lamar, US
Kevin Keough · Canton, US
Robert R. Andrews · Norfolk, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 2, 2012
Grant date	Feb 17, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 30, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2230/0095
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for making a device for causing thrombosis of an aneurysm, wherein said device comprises a single elastic filament configurable between (i) an elongated, substantially linear configuration, and (ii) a longitudinally-contracted, substantially three-dimensional configuration, said method comprising:

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