Embolization devices and methods of manufacturing the same
AssigneeClearstream Technologies Limited
InventorsSeán Wall, Allan Ronan
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Abstract
There is provided an embolization device for promoting clot formation in a bodily lumen and having a contracted delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration, the embolisation device comprising: a stem comprising a tube having a tube wall; and a plurality of flexible bristles extending radially outwardly from the tube, wherein at least one of the plurality of flexible bristles penetrates through the tube wall.
Claims8
An embolization device for promoting clot formation in a bodily lumen and having a contracted delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration, the embolization device comprising:
- a stem comprising a tube having a tube wall and a central lumen;
- and
- a plurality of flexible bristles extending radially outwardly from the tube, wherein at least one of the plurality of flexible bristles penetrates through the tube wall and the at least one of the plurality of flexible bristles has a clamped portion within the central lumen,
- wherein the tube is formed from a shrinkable material.
A method of manufacturing an embolization device for promoting clot formation in a lumen having a contracted delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration, the method comprising:
- providing a stem comprising a tube having a tube wall;
- and
- providing a plurality of flexible bristles such that they extend radially outwardly from the tube,
- wherein at least one of the plurality of flexible bristles penetrates through the tube wall;
- further comprising shrinking or mechanically compressing the tube such that a portion of the at least one of the plurality of flexible bristles is clamped between two opposing sides of the tube wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.