US 12,376,977 B2
Stent graft device with anchoring members having adjustable geometries
Christopher S. Michalak, Elkton, MD (US)
Assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US)
Filed by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/585,258.
Application 18/585,258 is a continuation of application No. 16/934,147, filed on Jul. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,944,556.
Application 16/934,147 is a continuation of application No. 15/161,569, filed on May 23, 2016, granted, now 10,765,539, issued on Sep. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/166,756, filed on May 27, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0189122 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 2/848 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/844 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/848 (2013.01) [A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/844 (2013.01); A61F 2002/8483 (2013.01); A61F 2002/8486 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0059 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implantable device comprising:
an expandable support frame including a body and an anchor having a first member extending in a first direction away from the body to a first end and a second member arranged opposite the first member and extending in a second direction away from the body to a second end, the anchor having a first configuration in which the first end of the first member and the second end of the second member are directly engaged with each other, the first configuration configured to define a removal path in tissue adjacent to the expandable support frame when implanted, the anchor configured so that the first end of the first member and the second end of the second member traverse the removal path to change from the first configuration toward a second configuration to facilitate removal of the anchor along the removal path from tissue growth over the anchor.