VASCULAR IMPLANT

An implant for inducing blood stagnation in an intracranial aneurysm including an outer expandable structure for contacting a neck or wall of the intracranial aneurysm and an inner absorbent textile structure positioned within the outer structure. The inner structure includes a plurality of yams formed from a plurality of filaments. The filaments of the yams having spaces therebetween to induce flow of blood between the filaments of the yam to transport blood along the yams, and the yams formed into a permeable structure to allow inflow of blood between the yams and through the implant, the implant becoming saturated with blood to cause stagnation of blood and blood clotting.