Surgery – Instruments – Sutureless closure
Patent
1996-05-14
1998-03-10
Dawson, Glenn K.
Surgery
Instruments
Sutureless closure
606151, A61B 1708
Patent
active
057255520
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a method of forming a medical device and medical devices which can be formed in accordance with the method. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of a) providing a metal fabric formed of a plurality of strands formed of a metal which can be heat treated to substantially set a desired shape; b) deforming the metal fabric to generally conform to a surface of a molding element; c) heat treating the metal fabric in contact with the surface of the molding element to substantially set the shape of the fabric in its deformed state; and d) removing the metal fabric from contact with the molding element. The resulting metal fabric will define a medical device which can be collapsed for passage through a catheter or the like for deployment in a channel of a patient's body. Medical devices made in accordance with this method can have varying structures.
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Amplatz Curtis
Amplatz Kurt
Kotula Frank
AGA Medical Corporation
Dawson Glenn K.
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