Fenestrated decoupling system for internal selective attachment to soft tissue organs

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10159486
APP PUB NO 20150335331A1
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14718175

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An attachment system for selectively attaching to an interior surface of a hollow member, which includes an expanding device selectively enlargeable from a first size position to an enlarged second size position, a friction enhancement disposed about the expanding device that is engageable with the interior surface of the hollow member when the expanding device is in the enlarged position, and a fenestrated decoupling system extending between at least a portion of the friction enhancement of the expanding device and the interior surface of the hollow member. The fenestrated decoupling system generally prevents contact of the friction enhancement with the interior surface of the hollow member when the expanding device is in the first size position and permits contact of the friction enhancement with the interior surface of the hollow member when the expanding device is in the enlarged position.

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  • THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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Brei, Diann Erbschloe Milford, US 3 3
Demehri, Farokh R Ann Arbor, US 8 7
Freeman, Jennifer Cambridge, US 8 50
Fukatsu, Yumi Tokyo, JP 1 1
Luntz, Jonathan E Ann Arbor, US 29 170
Teitelbaum, Daniel H Ann Arbor, US 7 50
Utter, Brent Easton, US 4 8

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