Granted Patent
Utility
US 6,183,507 · App. 09/220,423
Stents for supporting lumens in living tissue
Inventors:
Robert D. Lashinski, Matthew J. Birdsall
Patented Case
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Granted: Feb 6, 2001
Filed: Dec 24, 1998
Inventors
Robert D. Lashinski
Matthew J. Birdsall
Assignee (at issue)
Medtronic Ave, Inc.
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