Stent retrieval member and devices and methods for retrieving or repositioning a stent
CA 2593817 C · Owner: Zupkofska, Michael · Inventors: Clerc, Claude O.; Zupkofska, Michael; Norton, Paul K.
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An implantable stent includes a stent retrieval member (30) for repositioning or retrieval of the stent after it has been implanted into a bodily lumen. The stent includes a distensible tubular stent (10) having a tubular structure having a tubular wall (16) defined by an interior surface and an exterior surface and having opposed open ends (12,14) ; and a stent retrieval member (30) comprising an elongate member comprising a generally circular perimetric base (32) and a shaped projection (34) having first and second spaced apart members (36,38) extending acutely or perpendicularly from the base (32) and connected by an apical portion (40) . Force exerted on the shaped projection …
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- Filed January 27, 2006 and granted May 28, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 27, 2026.
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