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Delivery and detachment systems and methods for vascular implants

US8597323B1 · kind B1 · utility

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30References

15Claims

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Assignee

Sequent Medical, Inc. · US

Inventors

Claudio Plaza · Rancho Santa Margarita, US
Scott Hemmelgarn · Lake Forest, US
Eileen Charlton · Garden Grove, US
Todd Hewitt · Laguna Niguel, US
Philippe Marchand · Lake Forest, US
Daniel Welsh · Encinitas, US
William R. Patterson · Talbert, US
Son Pham · Singapore, SG

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Grant date	Dec 3, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 15, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/12077
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system for delivering an implant device to a vascular site in a patient a delivery pusher apparatus, an implant device detachably connected to the delivery pusher apparatus by a tether having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the implant device, wherein the tether is substantially non-tensioned when connecting the implant device to the delivery pusher, and an electrical heating element configured coaxially around at least a portion of the tether, wherein heat generated by the heating element severs the tether at a point near the proximal end of the implant device.

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