BRPI0919672A2 - dispositivos de tensionamento de cabo e métodos relacionados. - Google Patents

dispositivos de tensionamento de cabo e métodos relacionados.

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BRPI0919672A2
BRPI0919672A2 BRPI0919672A BRPI0919672A BRPI0919672A2 BR PI0919672 A2 BRPI0919672 A2 BR PI0919672A2 BR PI0919672 A BRPI0919672 A BR PI0919672A BR PI0919672 A BRPI0919672 A BR PI0919672A BR PI0919672 A2 BRPI0919672 A2 BR PI0919672A2
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Brazil
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related methods
tensioning devices
cable tensioning
cable
devices
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BRPI0919672A
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English (en)
Inventor
Brian Tang
Clyde Henry Booth Iii
John To
Jonathan D Hernlund
Tenny C Calhou
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Guided Delivery Systems Inc
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    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
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    • A61B17/0487—Suture clamps, clips or locks, e.g. for replacing suture knots; Instruments for applying or removing suture clamps, clips or locks
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/24—Heart valves ; Vascular valves, e.g. venous valves; Heart implants, e.g. passive devices for improving the function of the native valve or the heart muscle; Transmyocardial revascularisation [TMR] devices; Valves implantable in the body
    • A61F2/2478—Passive devices for improving the function of the heart muscle, i.e. devices for reshaping the external surface of the heart, e.g. bags, strips or bands
    • A61F2/2487—Devices within the heart chamber, e.g. splints

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US10468608P 2008-10-10 2008-10-10
PCT/US2009/060227 WO2010042857A1 (en) 2008-10-10 2009-10-09 Tether tensioning devices and related methods

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US (1) US8795298B2 (pt)
EP (1) EP2349020B1 (pt)
JP (1) JP2012505049A (pt)
KR (1) KR20110084912A (pt)
CN (1) CN102245110A (pt)
AU (1) AU2009302181B2 (pt)
BR (1) BRPI0919672A2 (pt)
CA (1) CA2740245C (pt)
WO (1) WO2010042857A1 (pt)

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