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US 2006/0052823 A1Published application
Apparatus, material compositions, and methods for permanent occlusion of a hollow anatomical structure
AssigneeVNUS Medical Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMichael Mirizzi, Halil Karabey, Anna Prestezog, Bob McRae
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Abstract
This invention relates to occlusion of a hollow anatomical structure by inserting an occluding device or occluding material into a hollow anatomical structure or surrounding native tissue.
Claims44
A method for occluding a hollow anatomical structure in a patient, the method comprising the step of:
- placing an occluding material at an occlusion site, whereby an occlusion is formed in the hollow anatomical structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.