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Occlusive device for inferior vena cava

  • US 3,334,629 A
  • Filed: 11/09/1964
  • Issued: 08/08/1967
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/1964
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A SURGICAL DEVICE FOR PARTIALLY OCCLUDING A BLOOD VESSEL COMPRISING A RELATIVELY LONG FLEXIBLE TUBULAR MEMBEAR HAVING AN OPEN-ENDED HOLLOW ELONGATED MEMBER AT ONE END THEREOF, A FLEXIBLE PUSH ROD MEMBER MOVABLE WITHIN SAID TUBULAR MEMBER, AND AN EXPANSIBLE OCCULSIVE MEMBER WITHIN SAID ELONGATED MEMBER ADAPTER TO EXPAND WHEN EXPELLED FROM SAID HOLLOW MEMBER BY LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF SAID PUSH ROD RELATIVE TO ITS ENCLOSING TUBULAR MEMBER, SAID EXPANSIBLE OCCLUSIVE MEMBER COMPRISING SEVERAL RESILIENTLY EXPANSIBLE VANES, THE OUTER ENDS OF WHICH HAVE OUTWARDLY EXTENDING TEETH TO ENGAGE THE INTERIOR WALL OF THE BLOOD VESSEL, THEREBY PERMANENTLY LOCATING THE OCCLUSIVE MEMBER IN A BLOOD VESSEL.

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