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EMBOLIZATION PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME

  • US 20100042067A1
  • Filed: 08/18/2008
  • Published: 02/18/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for making embolization particles for occluding fluid flow through a body vessel, the method comprising:

  • moving an elongated body of biocompatible material and a cutting device relatively towards each other, the elongated body defined by extrusion of a body cross-section along a longitudinal axis; and

    cutting the elongated body with the cutting device at a plurality of locations along the longitudinal axis to form the embolization particles such that each of the embolization particles has a particle cross-section that substantially matches the body cross-section.

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