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US 8,707,958 B2Granted
Methods and devices for deployment into a lumen
AssigneeBayer Essure Inc.
InventorsBetsy Swann, Dai Ton, Ashish Khera
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Abstract
The invention described is directed to an intracorporeal occluding device having elements with non-traumatic ends and devices, systems and methods for occluding the lumens of anatomical passageways and/or for delivering drugs or other substances to the bodies of human or animal subjects.
Claims20
An occluding device for a patient's body lumen, comprising:
- a first expansive element secured to a central location and including a non-traumatic end radially spaced from the central location when in an expanded configuration;
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- a second expansive element secured to the central location and including a non-traumatic end radially spaced from the central location when in the expanded configuration;
- wherein each non-traumatic end is a separate, discrete mesh pad with fibers attached thereto, and each separate, discrete mesh pad is bonded onto a respective expansive element and configured to face an adjacent wall of the body lumen when in the expanded configuration in the body lumen.
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