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Intravascular occlusion devices
Assignee: AGA Medical Corp
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Filing: 2002-05-09
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Granted: 2004-01-27
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Expires: 2022-05-09
Abstract
Abstract The present invention provides a method of forming a medical device and medical devices which can be formed in accordance with the method. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of a) providing a metal fabric formed of a plurality of strands formed of a metal which can be heat treated to substantially set a desired shape; b) deforming the metal fabric to generally conform to a surface of a molding element; c) heat treating the metal fabric in contact with the surface of the molding element to substantially set the shape of the fabric in its deformed state; and d) removing the metal fabric from contact with the molding element. The resulting metal fabric will define a medical device which can be collapsed for passage through a catheter or the like for deployment in a channel of a patient's body.
Inventors
- 👤 Gurtis Amplatz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 08:25
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/82; A61F2/86; A61F2/90; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/0057; A61B17/12; A61B17/12022; A61B17/12099; A61B17/12109; A61B17/12122; A61B17/12131; A61B17/1214; A61B17/1215; A61B17/12168; A61B17/12172; A61B17/12177; A61F2/01; A61F2/0108; B; B21; B21F; B21F45/00; B21F45/008; D; D04; D04C; D04C1/00; D04C1/06; A61B2017/00526; A61B2017/00575; A61B2017/00592; A61B2017/00606; A61B2017/00615; A61B2017/00831; A61B2017/00867; A61F2/95; A61F2002/018; A61F2/02; A61F2/30; A61F2002/30001; A61F2002/30003; A61F2002/3006; A61F2002/30092; A61F2210/00; A61F2210/0014; A61F2210/0019; A61F2230/00; A61F2230/0002; A61F2230/0004; A61F2230/0006; A61F2230/0063; A61F2230/0065; A61F2230/0067; A61F2230/0073; A61F2230/0078; A61F2230/008; A61F2240/00; A61F2240/001; D10; D10B; D10B2509/00; D10B2509/06; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S623/00; Y10S623/901
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
194 words
A medical device for placement in a tubular vessel in a patient's body, the medical device comprising a fabric of a plurality of woven metal strands of a shape memory alloy having a preset, generally conical, expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration enabling passage of the medical device through a catheter into the tubular vessel, said plurality of woven metal strands having a first orientation with respect to one another and treated to conform in shape to said generally conical expanded configuration of the medical device when released from said collapsed configuration when in said catheter, said plurality of stands each with a proximal end and a distal end wherein one of the proximal end and distal end of each of the strands is secured at a common end point and the other of the proximal end and distal end of each of the strands is affixed to one other strand at a point of intersection therebetween and where the pitch and the pick of the woven metal strands are such that blood may readily pass through the fabric when the medical device is in said expanded configuration while a thrombus becomes lodged therein.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
194 words
A medical device for placement in a tubular vessel in a patient's body, the medical device comprising a fabric of a plurality of woven metal strands of a shape memory alloy having a preset, generally conical, expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration enabling passage of the medical device through a catheter into the tubular vessel, said plurality of woven metal strands having a first orientation with respect to one another and treated to conform in shape to said generally conical expanded configuration of the medical device when released from said collapsed configuration when in said catheter, said plurality of stands each with a proximal end and a distal end wherein one of the proximal end and distal end of each of the strands is secured at a common end point and the other of the proximal end and distal end of each of the strands is affixed to one other strand at a point of intersection therebetween and where the pitch and the pick of the woven metal strands are such that blood may readily pass through the fabric when the medical device is in said expanded configuration while a thrombus becomes lodged therein.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The medical device as in claim 1 and further including a clamp attached to an end of said strands secured at the common end point.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The medical device of claim 2 wherein said clamp has a threaded surface adapted for rotationally receiving a delivery device.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The medical device as in claim 1 wherein the common end point comprises an apex of the generally conical expanded configuration.
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