Self-deploying vascular occlusion device

US7935075B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Bruce A. Tockman · Scandia, US
• Scott Stockmoe · Maple Grove, US
• Eric T. Johnson · Temecula, US
• John S. Greenland · San Diego, US
• Gary Hague · Swindon, GB
• William E. Webler · Escondido, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 26, 2005
• Grant date: May 3, 2011
• Expiry date: Jan 29, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N2001/0585
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention provides a cardiac vascular occlusion system which includes inner and outer guide catheters and an occluding member disposed on the inner catheter. The occluding member may be deployed from a compressed to an expanded position to limit retrograde blood flow in a body lumen. The occluding member may be used when injecting a contrast agent into the body lumen.