External steerable fiber for use in endoluminal deployment of expandable devices
AssigneeW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
InventorsDustin C. Burkart, Patrick M. Norris
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes treatment of the vasculature of a patient with an expandable implant. The implant is constrained to a reduced delivery diameter for delivery within the vasculature by at least one sleeve. The implant can be constrained to other diameters, such as an intermediate diameter. The sleeves can be expanded, allowing for expansion of the diameter of the expandable implant, by disengaging a coupling member from the sleeve or sleeves from outside of the body of the patient. The expandable implant can comprise a steering line or lines which facilitate bending and steering of the expandable implant through the vasculature of a patient.
Claims13
A catheter assembly comprising:
- a catheter having a leading end and a trailing end and comprising a main lumen extending between the leading end and the trailing end;
- an expandable medical device positioned at the leading end of the catheter;
- a plurality of steering lines configured to selectively bend the expandable medical device, the plurality of steering lines positioned to traverse a surface of the expandable medical device such that, across a significant portion of the expandable medical device, the plurality of steering lines are parallel to and in close proximity with each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.