Constriction device including fixation structure

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6491706
SERIAL NO

09902821

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A constriction device that constricts body tissue includes fixation structures for fixing the device on constricted body tissue. The device includes an elongated sleeve including an inner surface and opposed opened ends. The device is formed from expandable or elastic material so that when in an expanded condition, body tissue to be constricted may be received therein and thereafter, when released from the expanded condition, the body tissue is constricted by the device. The fixation structures include a plurality of fixation elements on the inner surface of the sleeve that grasp the body tissue upon release of the sleeve from the expanded condition to fix the device on the constricted tissue.

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GYRUS ACMI INC800 WEST PARK DRIVE WESTBOROUGH MA 01581

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Alferness, Clifton A Redmond, WA 200 17005
Barry, Robert Kirkland, WA 40 2162
Finger, Clint Bellevue, WA 7 637
Rimbaugh, Jenni Bothell, WA 14 1266
Snyder, Leslie Kirkland, WA 5 524

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