Embolic coil delivery systems and components

Abstract

Described are systems for delivering embolic coil devices, and components useful in such systems. The systems include a flexible elongate delivery shaft having a distal region and an embolic coil device detachably connected to the distal region of the elongate delivery shaft. In some forms, as detachably connected, at least some of the coil windings of the embolic coil device, such as those in a proximal segment of the coil windings, are in a resiliently longitudinally compressed condition. When the embolic coil device is detached from the delivery shaft, the coil windings resiliently move to a longitudinally extended condition, where the coil windings in the longitudinally extended condition are more open than they are in the resiliently longitudinally compressed condition. In some forms, the systems have a coil detachment interface at a distal region of a flexible elongate delivery shaft. The coil detachment interface includes a distal tubular segment and a bridge segment proximal of the distal tubular segment. The bridge segment includes a bridge wall or other bridge component defining an upper surface, a lower surface, a proximally-facing edge spanning between the upper surface and the lower surface, and a distally-facing edge spanning between the upper surface and the lower surface. The bridge segment further defines a lumen between the lower surface of the bridge wall or other bridge component and a bottom wall of the bridge segment. Also described are embolic coil devices and bridge members configured for use in such systems.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.