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US 2010/0160944 A1Published application
Thermally detachable embolic assemblies
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsClifford Teoh, John M. K. Daniel
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are vaso-occlusive assemblies for deploying implantable devices into the vasculature of a patient. More particularly, disclosed herein are vaso-occlusive assemblies comprising at least one thermally detachable polymer structure permanently attached to the implantable device and non-permanently attached to the delivery device prior to deployment. Also described are methods of making and using these assemblies.
Claims13
A vaso-occlusive device comprising:
- an implantable device having proximal and distal ends;
- at least one meltable polymer structure attached to the proximal and/or distal end of the implantable device, wherein the meltable polymer structure extends from the proximal end of the implantable device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.