Medical delivery system for delivery of a medically useful payload
US8518052B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 18, 2006 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 3, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2025/0059
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present disclosure concerns a delivery system for delivering a medically useful payload through the vasculature to a site of interest in the patient's body. The medically useful payload may be a therapeutic device, such as a stent, and it may be a diagnostic tool, such as an imaging device. Owing to its structural attributes, the presently-inventive delivery system is well suited for carrying medical payload to and through vessel curvature and to branched regions (i.e., bifurcations) in same. Also, the device is well-suited to traveling through a vessel over a guiding element, such as a guidewire, which itself exhibits curvature.
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