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DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TACKING PLAQUE TO A BLOOD VESSEL WALL

  • US 20100262225A1
  • Filed: 06/11/2009
  • Published: 10/14/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for holding plaque against blood vessel walls in treating atherosclerotic occlusive disease, comprising:

  • a thin, annular band of durable, flexible material having a plurality of barbs or anchoring points on its outer annular periphery, said annular band being dimensioned and designed to be applied with an expansion force against the plaque to press and hold the plaque at an applied site of said band against the blood vessel walls.

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