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Embolus delivery system and method

US5167624A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 9, 1990
Grant dateDec 1, 1992
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Expiry dateNov 9, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2017/1205
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus are provided for passing an embolus into and through the lumen of a catheter to reach a destination in a blood vessel or the like. Once the embolus emerges from the catheter, it lodges in place at the destination in the blood vessel to allow formation of a vessel-occluding blood clot around the embolus.

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