Medical device amenable to fenestration

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10251031

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The present invention is directed to a device that permits a permanent aperture to be formed in a wall, or other partition, of an implantable medical device. The present invention maintains the continuity and fluid-retaining properties of the implantable medical device by providing a breachable barrier material fully covering an opening delimited by a deformable framework. The invention is accessed with conventional interventional surgical instruments that disrupt and displace the barrier material. Following disruption of the barrier material, the opening is enlarged with surgical instruments to form a permanent framed aperture in the wall of the implantable medical device. The permanent framed aperture provides fluid communication across the wall of the implantable medical device.

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W L GORE & ASSOCIATES INC555 PAPER MILL ROAD NEWARK DE 19711

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cully, Edward H Flagstaff, AZ 287 11686
Cutright, Warren J Flagstaff, AZ 8 637
Nordhausen, Craig T Flagstaff, AZ 14 831
Vonesh, Michael J Flagstaff, AZ 112 6259
Walter, James T Flagstaff, AZ 13 482

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