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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 12736799', 'Application No. 12736401', 'Application No. 12737004', 'Application No. 12865636', 'Application No. 201280005586', 'Application No. 201280008971', 'Application No. 201280005574', 'Application No. 201280005574', 'Application No. 2012207386', 'Application No. 2012207387', 'Application No. 2012207618', 'Application No. 227439', 'Application No. 227440', 'Application No. 227465', 'Application No. 2013', 'Application No. 2013', 'Application No. 2013', 'Application No. 2013', 'Application No. 2013', 'Application No. 2013', 'Application No. 2014', 'Application No. 2013128987', 'Application No. 2013138406', 'Application No. 2013128987', 'Application No. 2013138347', 'Application No. 2013138347', 'Application No. 2013138406', 'Application No. 2014133717', 'Application No. 2015144196', 'Application No. 201280005574', 'Application No. 201280005586', 'Application No. 201280008971', 'Application No. 201280005574']

Patent US9572697 - Blockstent device and methods of use - Google Patentsuche
What is disclosed is a medical device comprising a compressed, cylindrical or oblong, thin-walled, expandable metal structure (a “blockstent”) and a flexible, elongated device (a “delivery catheter”) to position the compressed blockstent into the lumen of a blood vessel segment to be treated,...http://www.google.de/patents/US9572697?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US9572697 - Blockstent device and methods of use
Veröffentlichungsnummer US9572697 B2
Anmeldenummer US 13/980,274
PCT-Nummer PCT/US2012/000030
Eingetragen 17. Jan. 2012
Prioritätsdatum 17. Jan. 2011
Auch veröffentlicht unter CA2822311A1, CA2823378A1, CA2824284A1, CN103391797A, CN103391797B, CN103476349A, CN103747750A, EP2665441A2, EP2665441A4, EP2665508A2, EP2665508A4, EP2665510A2, EP2665510A4, US9572698, US20140012307, US20140012363, US20140018838, US20170258612, US20170258613, WO2012099704A2, WO2012099704A3, WO2012099909A2, WO2012099909A3, WO2012099910A2, WO2012099910A3
Veröffentlichungsnummer 13980274, 980274, PCT/2012/30, PCT/US/12/000030, PCT/US/12/00030, PCT/US/2012/000030, PCT/US/2012/00030, PCT/US12/000030, PCT/US12/00030, PCT/US12000030, PCT/US1200030, PCT/US2012/000030, PCT/US2012/00030, PCT/US2012000030, PCT/US201200030, US 9572697 B2, US 9572697B2, US-B2-9572697, US9572697 B2, US9572697B2
Erfinder F. Nicholas Franano, Katherine J. Stephenson
Ursprünglich Bevollmächtigter Metactive Medical, Inc.
Patentzitate (151), Nichtpatentzitate (47), Klassifizierungen (21), Juristische Ereignisse (4)
Blockstent device and methods of use
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