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US 2015/0173773 A1Published application
Catheter System
AssigneeMicroVention, Inc.
InventorsHeath Bowman, Hideo Morita, Greg Bak-Boychuk, Joseph Gulachenski, Arnold Tuason, Stacy Faught
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Abstract
A catheter with one or more heated or detachable sections is described. The catheter may be useful for liquid embolic delivery, where the heated or detachable sections may help free the catheter when stuck to liquid embolic during delivery. An instrumented catheter is also described.
Claims25
A catheter comprising:
- a proximal portion;
- a distal portion;
- and,
- a detachment mechanism coupled to a distal end of said proximal portion and a proximal end of said distal portion;
- said detachment mechanism being selectively activated by a user to release said distal portion from engagement with said proximal portion.
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