Tubular devices having reversible components for deployment of endoluminal occluders and related methods and systems
US8540760B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 30, 2008 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/1205
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Described are devices, methods, and systems useful for deploying one or more occlusive prostheses within the vasculature of a patient. Illustrative devices can include a deployment tube or sheath that contains an occlusive prosthesis, wherein a segment of the sheath is reversible by a user so as to deploy the prosthesis from the sheath lumen within a bodily lumen of a patient.
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