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US 8,147,537 B2Granted
Rapid-prototyped custom-fitted blood vessel sleeve
AssigneeThe Invention Science Fund I, LLC
InventorsEdward S. Boyden, Ralph G. Dacey, Jr., Colin P. Derdeyn, Joshua L. Dowling, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Eric C. Leuthardt, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Victoria Y. H. Wood, Gregory J. Zipfel
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that include a rapid-prototyped blood vessel sleeve that is custom-fitted for a blood vessel at least partly based on anatomical blood vessel data from an individual.
Claims32
A blood vessel sleeve comprising:
- at least one elongated portion having (i) at least one curvature that conforms to blood vessel curvature of at least one blood vessel portion of an individual and (ii) at least one distention that accommodates at least one aneurysm of the at least one blood vessel portion of the individual when the at least one elongated portion is positioned on the at least one blood vessel portion of the individual with the at least one curvature of the at least one elongated portion coinciding with the blood vessel curvature of the at least one blood vessel portion of the individual,
- wherein the at least one curvature and the at least one distension are customized based on three-dimensional anatomical data of the at least one blood vessel portion of the individual.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.