VASO-OCCLUSIVE DEVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM
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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; and
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,wherein the pressure generating material is a single substance that changes state into, or otherwise releases at least one of, a liquid or a gas in response to heat generated by the heat generating member.
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Abstract
A vaso-occlusive device delivery assembly includes a pusher assembly and a vaso-occlusive device detachably coupled to the pusher assembly by an attachment member is frictionally secured within a lumen of the pusher assembly. A heat generating member is disposed in the pusher assembly lumen, along with a pressure generating material, such that, when heat is generated by the heat generative device, the pressure generating material increases a pressure in the pusher assembly lumen, thereby dislodging the attachment member from the pusher assembly and detaching the vaso-occlusive device from the pusher assembly.
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1. A vaso-occlusive device delivery assembly, comprising:
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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; and 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, wherein the pressure generating material is a single substance that changes state into, or otherwise releases at least one of, a liquid or a gas in response to heat generated by the heat generating member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A vaso-occlusive device delivery assembly, comprising:
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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; and 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, wherein the detachment of the vaso-occlusive device from the pusher assembly is directly caused due to a phase change that occurs to the pressure generating material in response to the heat generated by the heat generating member. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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