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US 7,413,563 B2Granted
Flexible medical device
AssigneeCardia, Inc.
InventorsMichael P. Corcoran, Joseph A. Marino
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Abstract
This invention relates to flexible medical device. The flexible medical device may comprise interlocking portions formed of a continuous channel. When formed of a continuous channel, the medical device comprises interconnected interlocking portions, rather than independent interlocking portions. The flexible medical device may also be designed so that different portions of the device have different flexibility characteristics.
Claims21
An occlusion device having first and second occluding bodies and a center connector, the center connector comprising:
- a hollow member connectable to the first occluding body and to the second occluding body;
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- a channel extending though the hollow member defining a plurality of interlocking elements along a generally helical path along a length of the hollow member.
An occlusion device comprising:
- a first occluding body;
- a second occluding body;
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- a center assembly comprising a proximal hub attached to the first occluding body, a a distal hub attached to the second occluding body, and a flexible tubular connector having a proximal end attached to the proximal hub and a distal end attached to the distal hub wherein the flexible tubular connector comprises a plurality of cuts forming interlocking segments which cannot be separated from each other in an axial direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.