Orientable implantable device and method
OwnerDaniel Ezra Walzmaninventor
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Abstract
An intravascular system having a first catheter having a first non-circular transverse cross-sectional configuration and a first delivery device configured for insertion into the lumen of the catheter. The first delivery device includes an implantable medical device and an elongated member supporting the first medical device such that the first elongated member and the first medical device are movable through the lumen of the first catheter. The first elongated member has a second non-circular transverse cross-sectional configuration corresponding to the first non-circular transverse cross-sectional configuration to thereby inhibit rotation of the first elongated member within the catheter and control orientation of the first medical device relative to the catheter.
Claims20
An intravascular system for treating a blood vessel, the intravascular system comprising:
- a first catheter defining a first lumen terminating in a distal end hole, the first lumen having a first non-circular transverse cross-sectional configuration;
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- a first delivery device configured for insertion into the first lumen of the catheter, the first delivery device including:
- a first implantable medical device;
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- a first elongated member supporting the first medical device such that the first elongated member and the first medical device are movable through the first lumen to facilitate delivery of the first medical device to a target location within the blood vessel, the first elongated member having a second non-circular transverse cross-sectional configuration corresponding to the first non-circular transverse cross-sectional configuration to thereby inhibit rotation of the first elongated member within the catheter and control orientation of the first medical device relative to the catheter.
A system for maintaining an orientation of a stent during delivery, the system comprising:
- a first medical device supporting the stent;
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- a second medical device configured to receive the first medical device, wherein the first medical device and the second medical device include non-circular transverse cross-sectional configurations to inhibit rotation of the first medical device within the second medical device and thereby control orientation of the stent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.