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VASO-OCCLUSIVE DEVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM

  • US 20140277093A1
  • Filed: 03/12/2014
  • Published: 09/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vaso-occlusive device delivery assembly, comprising:

  • a pusher assembly including a substantially fluid tight pressure chamber in a distal end portion thereof;

    a thermally activated pressure generating material disposed in the pressure chamber;

    a heat generating member at least partially disposed in the pressure chamber;

    a vaso-occlusive device detachably coupled to the pusher assembly distal of the pressure chamber, wherein the pressure generating material, when heated by the heat generating member, increases a pressure in the pressure chamber, thereby detaching the vaso-occlusive device from the pusher assembly.

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