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US 10,368,853 B2Granted
Sealing device and delivery system
AssigneeW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
InventorsTyler J. Brown, Khoa Hua, Devin M. Nelson, Keith O. Rust
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Abstract
A medical device for sealing a defect in a body includes a wire frame that includes a plurality of wires that form a first occluding member and a second occluding member. In some embodiments, a sealing member is in contact with the wire frame. In some embodiments, the sealing member is configured to define one or more openings in the sealing member.
Claims19
A medical device comprising:
- a plurality of wound wires forming:
- a first eyelet,
- a second eyelet,
- a first disc member,
- a second disc member, and
- a defect-occupying portion disposed between the first disc member and the second disc member;
- and
- a sealing member in contact with the frame including one or more openings configured to at least partially prevent or relieve a fluid pressure differential between an interior and an exterior of the sealing member, the sealing member forming a first occluding member with the first disc member and a second occluding member with the second disc member configured to seal a range of defect sizes from a largest defect size to a smallest defect size that is approximately 60% of the largest defect size.
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A medical device comprising:
- a plurality of wound wires forming:
- a first eyelet,
- a second eyelet,
- a first disc member,
- a second disc member;
- and
- a sealing member in contact with the frame including one or more openings configured to at least partially prevent or relieve a fluid pressure differential between an interior and an exterior of the sealing member, the sealing member forming a first occluding member with the first disc member and a second occluding member with the second disc member.
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A method of deploying a medical device within a defect of a patient, the method comprising:
- arranging the medical device at the defect, the medical device including a plurality of wound wires forming:
- a first eyelet, a second eyelet, a first disc member, a second disc member, and a defect-occupying portion disposed between the first disc member and the second disc member;
- and a sealing member in contact with the frame including one or more openings configured to at least partially prevent or relieve a fluid pressure differential between an interior and an exterior of the sealing member, the sealing member forming a first occluding member with the first disc member and a second occluding member with the second disc member configured to seal a range of defect sizes from a largest defect size to a smallest defect size that is approximately 60% of the largest defect size;
- and
- deploying the first occluding member on a first side of the defect, the second occluding member on a second side of the defect-occupying portion within the defect.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.