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US 2008/0188921 A1Published application
Prosthesis Deployment Apparatus and Methods
AssigneeMedtronic Vascular, Inc.
InventorsDwayne S. Yamasaki, Kevin Wu
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Abstract
A signal lead for an electromagnetic localization marker, which is coupled to a prosthesis, is releasably coupled to the prosthesis. In one embodiment, the lead and electromagnetic localization marker are both releasably attached to the prosthesis through a coupling. In another embodiment, a portion of the lead adjacent to the electromagnetic localization marker is electrolytically dissolved in vivo and the lead removed.
Claims7
Tubular prosthesis apparatus comprising:
- a tubular member having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion and being adapted for endovascular delivery to a site in a patient;
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- an electromagnetic localization marker and signal lead, said signal lead being electrically coupled to said electromagnetic localization marker and releasably coupled to said proximal end portion of said tubular member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.