Devices and methods for the treatment of vascular defects
AssigneeMedina Medical, Inc.
InventorsMaria Aboytes, Arturo S. Rosqueta
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Abstract
Devices and methods for treating vascular defects, such as, for example, balloon-type aneurysms, are described herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an insertion portion and an expandable implant. The expandable implant is configured to be deployed in an aneurysm and is coupled to the insertion portion. The expandable implant has a first portion and a second portion coupled to the first portion. The expandable implant is movable between a first configuration in which the first portion and the second portion are substantially linearly aligned and a second configuration in which the second portion at least partially overlaps the first portion.
Claims39
An apparatus, comprising:
- an insertion portion;
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- an expandable implant, configured to be deployed in an aneurysm, coupled to the insertion portion, the expandable implant having a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being coupled to the first portion, the expandable implant being movable between a first configuration in which the first portion and the second portion are substantially linearly aligned and a second configuration in which the second portion at least partially overlaps the first portion.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first porous member having a first end and a second end, the first porous member having a collapsed configuration for insertion through a blood vessel, the first porous member being substantially elongate and having a first width in its collapsed configuration, the first porous member having an expanded configuration for occupying a sac of an aneurysm, the first porous member having a second width in its expanded configuration, the second width greater than the first width;
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- a second porous member having a first end and a second end, the second porous member coupled to the first porous member, the second porous member having a collapsed configuration for insertion through the blood vessel, the second porous member being substantially elongate and having a third width in its collapsed configuration, the second porous member having an expanded configuration for occupying the sac of the aneurysm, the second porous member having a fourth width in its expanded configuration, the fourth width greater than the third width.
A method, comprising:
- positioning a distal portion of a catheter adjacent an aneurysm of a blood vessel, the catheter defining an elongate lumen;
- moving an expandable implant from a first position inside the catheter to a second position outside the catheter, the expandable implant including a first portion and a second portion, each of the first portion and the second portion having a first configuration when in the first position and a second configuration when in the second position, in the second configuration the first portion substantially overlaps the second portion.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first porous member having a first end and a second end, the first porous member having a collapsed configuration for insertion through a blood vessel, the first porous member being substantially elongate in its collapsed configuration, the first porous member having an expanded configuration for occupying a sac of an aneurysm, the first porous member in its expanded configuration having a three-dimensional shape including a first segment configured to overlap with a second segment and defining an interior region;
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- a second porous member having a first end and a second end, the second porous member having a collapsed configuration for insertion through the blood vessel, the second porous member being substantially elongate in its collapsed configuration, the second porous member having an expanded configuration for occupying the sac of the aneurysm, the second porous member configured to be disposed in the interior region of the first porous member when each of the first porous member and the second porous member are in their expanded configurations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.