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Medical device with leak path

  • US 20060161248A1
  • Filed: 12/01/2005
  • Published: 07/20/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An implantable medical device for regulating fluid flow through a body vessel, comprising:

  • a support frame having radially compressed and radially expanded configurations;

    means forforming a leak path between the support frame and an interiorwall of said body vessel; and

    at least one flexible valve member attached to the support frame, the valve member moveable between a first position that permits said fluid flow in a first direction and a second position that substantially prevents said fluid flow in a second direction.

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