- Patent Title: Delivery and detachment systems and methods for vascular implants
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Application No.: US16158258Application Date: 2018-10-11
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Publication No.: US10932787B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Claudio Plaza , Scott Hemmelgarn , Eileen Charlton , Todd Hewitt , Philippe Marchand , Daniel Welsh , William R. Patterson , Son Pham
- Applicant: Sequent Medical, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Aliso Viejo
- Assignee: Sequent Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sequent Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Aliso Viejo
- Agency: Inskeep IP Group, Inc.
- Main IPC: A61B17/12
- IPC: A61B17/12
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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190046209A1 Delivery And Detachment Systems And Methods For Vascular Implants Public/Granted day:2019-02-14
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