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US 8,444,668 B2Granted
Expandable vascular occlusion device
AssigneeDePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
InventorsDonald K. Jones, Robert R. Slazas, Frederick Feller, III
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Abstract
A vascular occlusion device that includes an inner embolic member at least partially covered by an expandable generally tubular mesh. The expandable tubular mesh typically comprises a unitary wall with apertures through the wall to assist in the expansion of the generally tubular mesh.
Claims17
An occlusion device comprising:
- a generally tubular element which is capable of being transformed between a collapsed position and an expanded position, said tubular element being formed by a wall having a plurality of apertures extending through the wall;
- an inner embolic device located at least partially within the generally tubular element so that at least a portion of the inner embolic device is covered by the expandable generally tubular element;
- and
- said expandable generally tubular element is attached to the inner embolic device, wherein the tubular element has a preselected shape in the expanded position;
- wherein the generally tubular element expands at body temperature.
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An intraluminal device, comprising:
- an embolic coil;
- and
- an expandable generally tubular thin film mesh covering at least a portion of the embolic coil and being attached to the embolic coil, said generally tubular thin film mesh comprising a perforated unitary wall, wherein the tubular thin film mesh has a preselected shape in an expanded position;
- wherein the generally tubular thin film mesh expands at body temperature.
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A method of occluding a vessel within a patient, comprising:
- using an occlusion device having a generally tubular element which is capable of being transformed between a collapsed position and an expanded position, the tubular element has a preselected shape in the expanded position, said tubular element being formed by a wall having a plurality of apertures extending through the wall, and an inner embolic device at least partially within the generally tubular element so that at least a portion of the inner embolic device is covered by the expandable generally tubular element, said expandable generally tubular element being attached to the embolic device;
- placing the vascular occlusion device within a vessel of a patient and directing same to a diseased-location of the vessel;
- and
- expanding the generally tubular element at body temperature in the diseased location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.