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Patent Number: 9387097
Patent Date: 2016-07-12
Patent type: utility
The present disclosure describes an assembly comprising an expandable device, a restraining member wrapped circumferentially around the device, a coupling member releasably securing the restraining member, and at least one tactile indicator located on the assembly at a desired point of partial deployment, along with a method for partially deploying the expandable device in a patient. During partial deployment of the expandable device, the coupling member is tensioned and displaced from outside the patient by a clinician, and upon reaching the tactile indicator, a change in tension on the coupling member is felt my the clinician performing the procedure.
Inventors
| First Name | Last Name | City | State | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William P. | Witort | - | - | - |
| Julio E. | Eblacas | - | - | - |
| Linda N. | Elkins | - | - | - |
IPCs
| Section | Class | Sub Class | Group | Sub Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 61 | F | 2 | 06 |
| A | 61 | F | 2 | 82 |
| A | 61 | F | 2 | 95 |
| A | 61 | F | 2 | 954 |
| A | 61 | F | 2 | 97 |
| A | 61 | F | 2 | 07 |
| A | 61 | F | 2 | 856 |
Assignee
| Organization | First Name | Last Name | City | State | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | - | - | - | - | - |