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US 2011/0257673 A1Published application
Medical device
AssigneeVeryan Medical Limited
InventorsKevin Heraty, Liam Mullins, Paul Gilson, Martin Burke, Ray Blowick
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Abstract
A medical device includes an expandable element for location in a blood vessel. The expandable element is movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. In the expanded configuration, at least a part of a longitudinal axis of the expandable element is curved in three-dimensional space. The medical device can be stent deployment device which includes an elongate catheter shaft and an inflatable balloon.
Claims2
A medical device comprising:—
- an expandable element for location in a blood vessel,
- the expandable element being movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration,
- in the expanded configuration at least part of the longitudinal axis of the expandable element being curved in three-dimensional space.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.