EXPANDABLE BODY DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE

Disclosed herein are medical devices comprising a single-lobed thon-walled, expandable body ("ballstent" or "blockstent") and a flexible, elongated delivery device ("delivery catheter") and systems and methods for use for occluding segments of blood vessels and other bi...

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Hauptverfasser:	Stephenson, Katherine, Franano, Nicholas
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	Disclosed herein are medical devices comprising a single-lobed thon-walled, expandable body ("ballstent" or "blockstent") and a flexible, elongated delivery device ("delivery catheter") and systems and methods for use for occluding segments of blood vessels and other biological conduits. Expandable bodies comprising gold, platinum or silver that can be compressed, positioned in the lumen of an aneurysm or blood vessel, and expanded to conform to the shape of the aneurysm or segment of blood vessel or biological conduit are disclosed.