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Anatomically shaped vasoocclusive device and method for deploying same

  • US 5,766,219 A
  • Filed: 02/13/1997
  • Issued: 06/16/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device comprising at least one strand of a flexible material movable between an inoperable substantially linear configuration for insertion into and through a means for delivering the device to a desired portion of a vesicle, and an operable, substantially spherical configuration for occluding at least a portion of said vesicle, said substantially spherical configuration assuming a substantially minimal energy configuration for said strand.

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