Patent · US Expired

Transcatheter occluding implant

US6245090A · kind A · utility

194Cited by

9References

39Claims

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Assignee

SALVIAC LIMITED · IE

Inventors

Paul Gilson · Moycullen, IE
Eamon Brady · Elphin, IE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 9, 1998
Grant date	Jun 12, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 9, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B17/0057
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A transcatheter occluding implant (50) is used to seal off a vessel lumen such as for arterial and venous embolization, cutting off of supply to tumors, male and female sterilization. There is illustrated a plug member of an open foam plastics material having good hysteresis properties in the form of a shaft 51 carrying annular supports. The implant (50) can be compressed into a very small size and then will expand to contact the internal bore of the vessel to form a force fit within the vessel lumen for secure anchoring of the implant. The open cell foam construction encourages tissue growth and thus further contributes to the stabilization of the implant.

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