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US 5,879,366 · App. 08/771,718

Self-expanding defect closure device and method of making and using

Inventors: Edward E. Shaw, Nitin V. Salunke, Gregory T. Mace
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Granted: Mar 9, 1999 Filed: Dec 20, 1996
Inventors
Edward E. Shaw
Nitin V. Salunke
Gregory T. Mace
Assignee (at issue)
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

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Patent No.
US 5,879,366
App. No.
08/771,718
Filed
1996-12-20
Granted
1999-03-09
Kind
A