Aneurysm stent
AssigneeJeffery Thramann
InventorsJeffery Thramann, Michael Fulton
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an aneurysm stent having a base and connector. The base has a vessel facing side and an aneurysm facing side, and is shaped to cover an aneurysm sufficiently. The connector is coupled to the aneurysm facing side of the base such that when deployed the connector is adapted to extend partially into the aneurysm to anchor the base about the aneurysm and alter flow into the aneurysm. Further, the stent can be used as a delivery mechanism to deliver growth factor.
Claims20
An apparatus to inhibit flow to an aneurysm packed with coils, the apparatus comprising:
- a base having a vessel facing side and an aneurysm facing side;
- the base when deploy being larger than a neck of the aneurysm and comprising a shape sufficient to cover the neck of the aneurysm such that the base is adapted to remain in the vessel and external to the aneurysm whereby blood flow through the vessel is maintained;
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- a connector attached to the aneurysm facing side of the base, the connector comprising at least a connector coil, at least the connector coil is adapted to extend from the base only partially into the aneurysm, the connector coil couples to the coils packed in the aneurysm when deployed,
- wherein the connector is adapted to anchor the base about the aneurysm to inhibit flow into the aneurysm.
An aneurysm treatment system, comprising:
- a plurality of guglielmi detachable coils adapted to be packed in the aneurysm;
- an aneurysm base, the aneurysm base when deployed being larger than a neck of the aneurysm and comprising a shape sufficient to cover the aneurysm such that the aneurysm base is adapted to remain in the vessel and external to the aneurysm whereby blood flow through the vessel is maintained;
- at least one connector coupled to the base adapted to have a portion that extends only partially in the aneurysm;
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- the portion of the at least one connector that extends only partially in the aneurysm adapted to couple to the plurality of guglielmi detachable coils adapted to be packed in the aneurysm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.