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US 12,691,264 B2Granted
Medical devices for shunts, occluders, fenestrations and related systems and methods
AssigneeW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
InventorsTom R. McDaniel, Edward E. Shaw
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Abstract
An implantable medical device comprising a first frame portion, a second frame portion arranged within the first frame portion and a plurality of diverging elements connecting the first frame portion to the second frame portion.
Claims16
An implantable medical device, comprising:
- a first frame portion having at least three lobes;
- a second frame portion arranged within the first frame portion, wherein the first frame portion and the second frame portion are coplanar with one another within a plane when the device is in an unconstrained configuration, wherein the plane is orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the implantable medical device, and wherein at least a portion of the first and second frame portions are nonplanar with one another when the device is in a delivery configuration;
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- a plurality of diverging elements arranged between the first frame portion and the second frame portion, the plurality of diverging elements diverge from the first frame portion and the second frame portion to form a central frame with at least six diverging points in a deployed configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.