Vascular plugs

A device for occluding a vascular vessel having a vessel lumen, comprising:

• a frame movable between a first condition suitable for transluminal vascular delivery to a vascular site for providing an occluding device, and an expanded second condition adapted for deployment at the vascular site, the expanded second condition including a first frame end longitudinally spaced from a second frame end, the first frame end defining a first frame perimeter having an opening extending across the vessel lumen when the frame is deployed at the vascular site, and the frame defining side openings when in the second expanded condition;
• a flexible remodelable sheet material coupled to the frame such that when the frame is in the expanded second condition at the vascular site the sheet material provides a deployed sheet material segment positioned across the first frame perimeter opening to block the vessel lumen but leaves at least a portion of the side openings uncovered by the sheet material, the deployed sheet material segment defining an interior surface longitudinally spaced from and facing toward the second frame end;
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• an expandable remodelable material longitudinally positioned entirely between the interior surface of the deployed sheet material segment and the second frame end when the frame is in the expanded second condition and at least partially within an interior region of the frame with exposure to regions outside the frame through side openings in the frame, the expandable remodelable material effective to expand at the vascular site so as to provide an expanded material at the vascular site that contacts inner wall surfaces of the vascular vessel through said side openings, and wherein the expandable remodelable material is effective upon implantation to become broken down and replaced by new patient tissue at the vascular site for facilitating occlusion of the vascular vessel.

A device for occluding a vascular vessel having a vessel lumen, comprising:

• a frame having a distal frame end longitudinally spaced from a proximal frame end, the frame movable between a first condition suitable for transluminal vascular delivery to a vascular site for providing an occluding device, and an expanded second condition adapted for deployment at the vascular site, the frame having an interior space that expands as the frame moves from the first condition to the second condition such that the expanded second condition includes an expanded interior space adjacent to a distal frame opening defined at the distal frame end, the distal frame opening extending across the vessel lumen when the frame is deployed to the expanded second condition at the vascular site, and the frame defining side openings when deployed to the expanded second condition at the vascular site;
• an expandable remodelable occluding material located at least partially within the interior space of the frame and effective to expand at the vascular site so as to provide an expanded material extending through the side openings of the frame for contacting inner wall surfaces of the vascular vessel at the vascular site, wherein the remodelable occluding material is effective upon implantation to contact the inner wall surfaces of the vascular vessel and to become broken down and replaced by new patient tissue at the vascular site for facilitating occlusion of the vascular vessel;
• a flexible sheet material coupled to the frame such that when the frame is in the expanded second condition at the vascular site the sheet material provides a deployed sheet segment positioned across the distal frame opening and defining an interior surface longitudinally spaced from and facing toward the proximal frame end;
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• the expandable remodelable occluding material, when the frame is in the expanded second condition, longitudinally positioned entirely between the interior surface of the deployed sheet segment and the proximal frame end.

A device for occluding a vascular vessel, comprising:

• a frame movable between a first condition suitable for transluminal vascular delivery to a vascular site for providing an occluding device, and an expanded second condition adapted for deployment at the vascular site, the frame having a first end and a second end and including a plurality of elongate arms that emanate from a common centralized region at the first end of the frame and extend to the second frame end, wherein the second frame end is longitudinally spaced from the first frame end and includes free ends of said arms, the expanded second condition including an expanded frame segment in which the free ends of the arms are outwardly displaced relative to the common centralized region and in which side openings in the frame occur between adjacent ones of said arms;
• a flexible sheet material coupled to the frame such that when the frame is in the expanded second condition at the vascular site the sheet material provides a deployed sheet material segment positioned in the vascular vessel lumen so as to block fluid flow through the lumen and so as to define an interior surface longitudinally spaced from and facing toward said common centralized region;
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• an expandable occluding material longitudinally positioned entirely between the interior surface of the deployed sheet material segment and the common centralized region and at least partially in an interior region of the frame when the frame is in the expanded second condition, the expandable occluding material effective to expand when the device is implanted at the vascular site.