System for artificial vessel embolization and devices for use therewith
First Claim
1. In a system for artificial vessel embolization, a catheter adapted to be inserted into the vessel and having a passage extending therethrough, a balloon delivery catheter slidably mounted in the passage in the first named catheter, the balloon delivery catheter comprising a flexible elongate element having proximal and distal extremities, the distal extremity having a smooth outer cylindrical surface of a predetermined diameter, a detachable balloon detachably secured to the distal extremity of the flexible elongate element and means carried by the proximal extremity of the flexible elongate element permitting inflation and deflation of the detachable balloon, the detachable balloon including a cylindrical valve base having a smooth surface cylindrical bore extending therethrough, a self-sealing valve mounted on the valve base, said detachable balloon being mounted by a friction interference fit between the valve base and the distal extremity of the flexible elongate member, the size of the bore of the valve base being selected to provide the desired detachment force for the detachable balloon and a lubricant disposed in the bore to reduce static friction between the valve base of the detachable balloon and the flexible elongate element.
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Abstract
System for artificial vessel embolization comprising a catheter adapted to be inserted into the vessel and having a passage extending therethrough. A balloon delivery catheter is slidably mounted in the passage in the first named catheter. The balloon delivery catheter comprises a flexible elongate element having proximal and distal extremities. A detachable balloon is detachably secured to the distal extremity of the flexible elongate element. An adapter is carried by the proximal extremity of the flexible elongate element permitting inflation and deflation of the detachable balloon. The detachable ballon includes a cylindrical valve base having a bore extending therethrough and a self-sealing valve mounted on the valve base. The detachable balloon is mounted by a friction interference fit between the valve base and the distal extremity of the flexible elongate member. The size of the bore of the valve base is selected to provide the desired detachment force for the detachable balloon.
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- 1. In a system for artificial vessel embolization, a catheter adapted to be inserted into the vessel and having a passage extending therethrough, a balloon delivery catheter slidably mounted in the passage in the first named catheter, the balloon delivery catheter comprising a flexible elongate element having proximal and distal extremities, the distal extremity having a smooth outer cylindrical surface of a predetermined diameter, a detachable balloon detachably secured to the distal extremity of the flexible elongate element and means carried by the proximal extremity of the flexible elongate element permitting inflation and deflation of the detachable balloon, the detachable balloon including a cylindrical valve base having a smooth surface cylindrical bore extending therethrough, a self-sealing valve mounted on the valve base, said detachable balloon being mounted by a friction interference fit between the valve base and the distal extremity of the flexible elongate member, the size of the bore of the valve base being selected to provide the desired detachment force for the detachable balloon and a lubricant disposed in the bore to reduce static friction between the valve base of the detachable balloon and the flexible elongate element.
- 13. In a detachable balloon for use in artificial vessel embolization, a cylindrical valve base having a smooth-surfaced cylindrical bore of a predetermined size extending therethrough, the valve base having a radiopaque material incorporated therein so as to make radiopaque material incorporated therein so as to make possible visualization of the valve base in the vessel, a self-sealing prestressed valve carried by the valve base for closing the bore in the valve base and an extensible balloon carried by the valve base, said self-sealing prestressed valve being in the form of a duck bill valve having formed first and second sheets, means binding the side edges of the sheets together, a reinforcing rod secured to each of the sheets and extending longitudinally of the bore, said rods being bent from a normally straight condition to place a permanent yieldable closing force on the sheets and means for securing the sheets to the valve base.
- 18. In a Luer-type fitting assembly, a flexible elongated element having a flow passage therein and having a proximal extremity a female Luer-type fitting mounted on the proximal extremity of the flexible elongate member so that it extends through the female Luer-type fitting, the female Luer-type fitting having a shell with a space therein through which the flexible elongate member extends, a male Luer-type fitting engaging the female Luer-type fitting and having a protrusion extending into a portion of the space in the shell, the protrusion having a flow passage which receives the proximal extremity of the flexible elongate member and means filling the remaining portion of the space in the shell so that there is a minimum of unoccupied space in the fitting assembly when the female and male Luer-type fittings are interconnected.
- 20. A kit apparatus for use in artificial vessel embolization comprising a catheter adapted to be inserted into the vessel and having a passage extending therethrough, a balloon delivery catheter comprising a flexible elongate element having proximal and distal extremities, the distal extremity having a smooth outer cylindrical surface of a predetermined diameter, and a plurality of detachable balloons adapted to be detachably secured to the distal extremity of the flexible elongate element, each of the detachable balloons including a cylindrical valve base having a smooth surfaced cylindrical bore extending therethrough and a self-sealing valve mounted on the valve base, said detachable balloons being adapted to be mounted by friction interference fit between the valve base and the distal extremity of the flexible elongate member, each valve base of said detachable balloons having a bore size differing from the bore size of the valve base of the other detachable balloons so that by selecting a detachable balloon having a valve base of a predetermined bore size, the detachment force for the detachable balloon can be selected.
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26. In a system for artificial vessel embolization, a catheter adapted to be inserted into the vessel and having a passage extending therethrough, a balloon delivery catheter slidably mounted in the passage in the first-named catheter, the balloon delivery catheter comprising a flexible elongate element having proximal and distal extremities, a detachable balloon detachably secured to the distal extremity of the flexible elongate element, means carried by the proximal extremity of the flexible elongate element permitting inflation and deflation of a detachable balloon, an introducer catheter receiving said first named catheter, said introducer catheter including a flexible link having a smooth surface passage extending therethrough, and clamping means carried by the introducer catheter for clamping off the smooth surface passage in the introducer catheter.
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