US 11,839,379 B2
Flanged occlusion devices and methods
Kurt Amplatz, North Oaks, MN (US); Gary A. Thill, Vadnais Heights, MN (US); Pat Russo, Vadnais Heights, MN (US); Xiaoping Gu, Maplewood, MN (US); and Jana Santer, Spring Lake Park, MN (US)
Assigned to St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed by St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on May 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/330,348.
Application 17/330,348 is a continuation of application No. 16/276,245, filed on Feb. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,045,202.
Application 16/276,245 is a continuation of application No. 15/271,746, filed on Sep. 21, 2016, granted, now 10,231,737, issued on Mar. 19, 2019.
Application 15/271,746 is a continuation of application No. 11/476,947, filed on Jun. 27, 2006, granted, now 9,743,932, issued on Aug. 29, 2017.
Application 11/476,947 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2005/010551, filed on Mar. 31, 2005.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/560,825, filed on Apr. 8, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2021/0275183 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/12022 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/12122 (2013.01); A61B 17/12172 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00575 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00592 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00615 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00632 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device for deployment in a body, wherein the device comprises:
a tubular body comprising a first end and a second end, the body defining a longitudinal axis extending between the first end and the second end, the body comprising a body width measured transverse to the longitudinal axis when the device is in a relaxed configuration; and
only one flange attached to the body proximate the second end of the body, the only one flange comprising a flange width transverse to the longitudinal axis and a concave surface facing the first end of the body when the device is in the relaxed configuration,
wherein, when the device is in the relaxed configuration, the body width of the body proximate the only one flange is greater than half of the flange width.