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Adjustable devices for the occlusion of cardiac defects

  • US 5,284,488 A
  • Filed: 12/23/1992
  • Issued: 02/08/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An intracardiac percutaneously deliverable device for the repair of heart defects comprising:

  • a) an occluder, said occluder including;

    i) a foldable foam resin disk,ii) a coated wire skeleton in the form of an X sutured to the foam disk,iii) an adjustable loop sutured to the center of the wire skeleton,b) said adjustable loop is formed byi) a first loop, connected to said wire skeletonii) a middle loop, connected to said first loopiii) a terminal small loop, connected to said middle loop, andiv) a radiopaque button attached between two of the loops of said adjustable loopc) a counter-occluderd) a loading wire, wherein said loading wire is a fluorocarbon resin coated hollow wire,e) a long double thread going through the terminal small loop, into one end and through the hollow wire, and tied at the other end of the hollow wire;

    wherein the counter-occluder may be pushed along the loading wire toward the occluder and stop at a distance adjusted according the length or thickness of the occluded structure.

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