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Flexible embolic device delivery system

US7651513B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 3, 2003
Grant dateJan 26, 2010
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2017/12063
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides an embolic assembly delivery apparatus having superior flexibility characteristics at its distal end, that is, at the point of attachment of the embolic assembly to the delivery apparatus. It also provides a method of using the apparatus to deliver an embolic assembly to a target site in a patient's body.

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