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US 8,709,080 B2Granted
Coated devices comprising a fiber mesh imbedded in the device walls
AssigneeE. Benson Hood Laboratories
InventorsLewis H. Marten, Dennis Creedon, Christopher Vettori
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Abstract
Devices used in the management of bodily airways including bronchial and tracheal stents, bronchial Y-tubes, bronchial TY-tubes, nasal septal buttons, and nasal stents. The present invention also relates to devices used to manage the esophagus, such as salivary bypass tubes. These devices may comprise a fiber mesh imbedded in the walls of the device in order to provide integrity to the device wall and permit anchoring and suturing of the device.
Claims57
A device for airway or esophageal management comprising a tubular arm comprising:
- (i) a first open end;
- (ii) a second open end;
- (iii) a lumen extending therethrough having an inner surface and an inner circumference;
- (iv) an outer surface;
- (v) an outer circumference;
- (vi) a tubular wall between the inner surface and outer surface;
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- (vii) a longitudinal axis through the center of the lumen of the first tubular arm,
- wherein the tubular wall comprises one or more portions;
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- wherein the one or more portions in which a fiber mesh is imbedded, and one or more portions in the fiber mesh is not imbedded of the tubular wall in which the fiber mesh is imbedded is not different in thickness from portions of the tubular wall in which the fiber mesh are not imbedded.
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