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US 10,441,221 B2Granted
Graft prosthesis with pocket for microsystem
AssigneeCook Medical Technologies LLC
InventorRalf Spindler
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Abstract
A medical device, such as a prosthesis, may include a graft material and a pocket disposed along at least one of luminal and abluminal surfaces of the graft material. The pocket may include a pocket opening leading into an enclosed cavity. The enclosed cavity may be sized to receive at least a portion of a microsystem, and the pocket may be accessible in vivo for removal of the microsystem from the pocket.
Claims17
An implantable medical device comprising:
- a tubular graft material having an abluminal surface and a luminal surface,
- a pocket disposed along at least one of the luminal and abluminal surfaces of the graft material, the pocket including a pocket opening leading into an enclosed cavity, the enclosed cavity of the pocket sized to receive at least a portion of a microsystem, wherein the microsystem collects information, and wherein the pocket has an open state for retrieval of the microsystem.
An implantable medical device comprising:
- a tubular graft material having an abluminal surface and a luminal surface,
- a pocket disposed along at least one of the luminal and abluminal surfaces of the graft material, the pocket including a pocket opening leading into an enclosed cavity, the enclosed cavity of the pocket sized to receive at least a portion of a microsystem, wherein the pocket is accessible in vivo for removal of the microsystem from the pocket,
- wherein the pocket includes a lid having a base extended from or coupled to the graft material and a lid tip disposed downstream of the base, the lid pivotable about the base between an open configuration and a closed configuration, wherein the lid tip is removably attached to the graft material with a coupling device;
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- a grasping feature that extends beyond the lid tip.
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An implantable medical device comprising:
- a tubular graft material having an abluminal surface and a luminal surface,
- a pocket disposed along at least one of the luminal and abluminal surfaces of the graft material, the pocket including a pocket opening leading into an enclosed cavity, the enclosed cavity of the pocket sized to receive at least a portion of a microsystem, wherein the pocket is accessible in vivo for removal of the microsystem from the pocket,
- wherein the pocket includes a lid having a base extended from or coupled to the graft material and a lid tip disposed downstream of the base, the lid pivotable about the base between an open configuration and a closed configuration, wherein the lid tip is removably attached to the graft material with a coupling device;
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- a grasping feature that comprises one of a radial lip, an indentation, an opening or a slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.