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Polymer covered vaso-occlusive devices and methods of producing such devices

Patent 6280457 Issued on August 28, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject June 4, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 326188 filed on 06/04/1999

US Classes:

606/200, With emboli trap or filter606/191Internal pressure applicator (e.g., dilator)

Examiners

Primary: Recla, Henry J.
Assistant: Ngo, Lien

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 0739608 A1 EP. 10/20/1996
  • 0 826 342 EP. 03/20/1998

International Class

A61M 029/00

Abstract

This is a medical device for forming an embolism within the vasculature of a patient. More particularly, it concerns an occlusion device comprising an inner core covered with a polymer. The medical device encourages cellular attachment and growth while maintaining favorable handling, deployment and visualization characteristics.

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