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Implantable cuff having improved closure

  • US 5,487,756 A
  • Filed: 12/23/1994
  • Issued: 01/30/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An implantable cuff comprising:

  • (a) a flexible tubular cuff member having a longitudinal slit extending through a wall thereof, said slit having first and second edges; and

    (b) a closure associated with said slit, said closure comprising;

    (i) two or more spaced apart first apertured members affixed to said cuff member at said first edge, said first apertured members having apertures aligned generally with said slit; and

    (ii) a second apertured member interdigitated between two of said first apertured members and affixed to said cuff member at said second edge, said second apertured member having an aperture aligned generally with said slit(c) retaining means for maintaining said closure closed with at least one said second apertured member interdigitated between said first apertured members.

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