Patent ID: 11911254
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An occluding assembly configured to be surgically implanted and selectively occlude an anatomical lumen,
said occluding assembly comprising:
an implant body having a longitudinally split tube of generally “C”-shaped cross-section configured to circumscribe said anatomical lumen and thereby defining a longitudinally extensive gap; and
a bi-stable spring having a body longer than and spanning said longitudinally extensive gap in said implant body and having a first stable anatomical lumen occluding position curved toward said anatomical lumen and thereby configured to occlude said anatomical lumen, and a second stable anatomical lumen un-occluding position curved outward away from said anatomical lumen and thereby configured to leave said anatomical lumen un-occluded;
wherein said bi-stable spring passes through a first radial opening and a second radial opening, each opening extending through said implant body adjacent to and on opposed sides of said longitudinally extensive gap; and
wherein said bi-stable spring body is blocked from passing through said radial openings.