Space-filling device
First Claim
1. A method of implanting a space-filling medical device within a body of a patient, the method comprising:
- delivering a medical device to a target site within the body, the medical device configured to occupy a space at the target site, wherein the medical device comprises;
a vessel member that defines a compartment interior of the vessel member,a port, the port coupling the compartment interior and a region exterior of the vessel member, anda tubular member that defines a lumen and includes a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end of the tubular member being attached to an internal surface of the vessel member within the compartment so that a portion of the internal surface of the vessel member provides a seal at a distal end of the lumen, wherein the tubular member extends through the port and wherein the proximal end of the tubular member is configured to remain in the region exterior of the vessel member, and wherein the tubular member is configured to receive a filling material delivered into the lumen of the tubular member, and further wherein the vessel member and the tubular member are porous or micro-porous, and the filling material includes a therapeutic substance that diffuses out of the space-filling device through the pores or micro-pores of the vessel member and the tubular member;
delivering the filling material into the lumen of the tubular member; and
coupling a stopping member with the proximal end of the tubular member, wherein at least a portion of the stopping member is sized larger than the port such that the proximal end of the tubular member is prevented from passing through the port and into the compartment interior.
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Abstract
A medical device includes a vessel member, a port that couples a compartment interior of the vessel member to a region exterior of the vessel member, and a tubular member that defines a lumen. A distal end of the tubular member is attached to an internal surface of the vessel member within the compartment so that a portion of the internal surface of the vessel member provides a seal at a distal end of the lumen. The tubular member passes through the port, and the proximal end of the tubular member is configured to remain exterior of the compartment. A delivery of a sufficient amount of a filling material into the lumen of the tubular member causes a length of the tubular member to pass through the port and into the vessel compartment.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of implanting a space-filling medical device within a body of a patient, the method comprising:
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delivering a medical device to a target site within the body, the medical device configured to occupy a space at the target site, wherein the medical device comprises; a vessel member that defines a compartment interior of the vessel member, a port, the port coupling the compartment interior and a region exterior of the vessel member, and a tubular member that defines a lumen and includes a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end of the tubular member being attached to an internal surface of the vessel member within the compartment so that a portion of the internal surface of the vessel member provides a seal at a distal end of the lumen, wherein the tubular member extends through the port and wherein the proximal end of the tubular member is configured to remain in the region exterior of the vessel member, and wherein the tubular member is configured to receive a filling material delivered into the lumen of the tubular member, and further wherein the vessel member and the tubular member are porous or micro-porous, and the filling material includes a therapeutic substance that diffuses out of the space-filling device through the pores or micro-pores of the vessel member and the tubular member; delivering the filling material into the lumen of the tubular member; and coupling a stopping member with the proximal end of the tubular member, wherein at least a portion of the stopping member is sized larger than the port such that the proximal end of the tubular member is prevented from passing through the port and into the compartment interior. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of treating a patient, the method comprising:
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delivering a medical device to a target site in the patient, the medical device configured to occupy a space in the patient, wherein the medical device comprises; a vessel member that defines a compartment interior of the vessel member, a port attached to the vessel member, the port coupling the compartment interior of the vessel member to a region exterior of the vessel member, and a tubular member comprising a lumen, a distal end, and a proximal end, wherein the distal end of the tubular member is attached to an internal surface of the vessel member in the compartment interior, wherein the proximal end of the tubular member extends through the port and is releasably attachable to a delivery catheter that has an advancement component for advancing the tubular member into the compartment interior to at least partially fill the vessel member, and wherein the distal end of the tubular member has a seal; and delivering filling material into the lumen of the tubular member. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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