US 11,678,983 B2
Implantable component with socket
Rachel Radspinner, Flagstaff, AZ (US); Ian Smith, Flagstaff, AZ (US); and Patrick S. Young, Flagstaff, AZ (US)
Assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US)
Filed by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/710,637.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/778,654, filed on Dec. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0188114 A1, Jun. 18, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61M 60/178 (2021.01); A61M 60/861 (2021.01); A61M 60/237 (2021.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2457 (2013.01) [A61M 60/178 (2021.01); A61M 60/237 (2021.01); A61M 60/861 (2021.01); A61F 2002/0086 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0033 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0091 (2013.01); A61M 2205/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implantable device comprising:
a first component having a first outer profile defining first radial variability along the first component; and
a socket extending over the first outer profile of the first component to define a second outer profile having a second radial variability that is reduced relative to the first radial variability, wherein the socket includes one or more outer exposed surfaces having one or more material porosities, wherein the socket is formed of one or more layers of material including a fibril microstructure in which an orientation of the fibril microstructure is in a direction aligned to a longitudinal axis of socket.