Medical Occlusion Device
AssigneeOcclutech Holding AG
InventorMehmet Hakan Akpinar
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Abstract
A medical implantable occlusion device (100, 200, 300) is disclosed comprising a braiding (101) of at least one thread, the braiding having an unloaded relaxed state and a stretched state and comprising an expanded diameter portion (102) spanning a distal surface (180) forming the distal end (181) of said device, wherein the braiding is continuous at the distal surface, a tubular member (103) extending along a longitudinal axis (104), the tubular member having a distal portion (105) transitioning into the expanded diameter portion and an opposite proximal portion (106), wherein the tubular member is tapered towards the expanded diameter portion along the longitudinal axis.
Claims15
A medical implantable occlusion device comprising a braiding of at least one thread, said braiding having an unloaded relaxed state and a stretched state and comprising
- an expanded diameter portion spanning a distal surface forming the distal end of said device, wherein said braiding is continuous at said distal surface,
- a tubular member extending along a longitudinal axis, said tubular member having a distal portion transitioning into said expanded diameter portion and an opposite proximal portion,
- wherein said tubular member is tapered towards said expanded diameter portion along said longitudinal axis.
A medical method of occluding a transapical access opening comprising
- creating an opening in the apex of the heart ventricle, performing a procedure through the transapical access, inserting an occlusion device in said opening to occlude said opening.
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