Occlusion Stent
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsAaron Khieu, Daniel James Horn, Anthony C. Vrba, John Blix, Kent Harrison, Timothy J. Ley
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Abstract
A device for occluding a target body lumen, comprises a wire structure defining a wire structure lumen extending therethrough and movable between a reduced diameter insertion configuration and an expanded diameter deployed configuration and a basket structure extending across the wire structure lumen and including therein a cell growth promoting agent to promote cell growth across the wire structure lumen to occlude the target body lumen.
Claims20
A device for occluding a target body lumen, comprising:
- a wire structure defining a wire structure lumen extending therethrough and movable between a reduced diameter insertion configuration and an expanded diameter deployed configuration;
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- a basket structure extending across the wire structure lumen and including therein a cell growth promoting agent to promote cell growth across the wire structure lumen to occlude the target body lumen.
A method for occluding a target body lumen, comprising:
- inserting to a target site within the body lumen a wire structure defining a wire structure lumen extending therethrough while maintaining the wire structure in a reduced diameter insertion configuration, the wire structure including a basket structure extending across the wire structure lumen and including therein a cell growth promoting agent to promote cell growth across the wire structure lumen to occlude the body lumen;
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- expanding the wire structure to an expanded diameter deployed configuration in which the wire structure engages the wall of the body lumen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.