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Aneurysm closure device assembly

  • US 6,168,592 B1
  • Filed: 04/23/1999
  • Issued: 01/02/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An implantable medical device assembly for engaging a body space wall in a mammalian body, comprising:

  • a.) an elongate implantable member having two opposite ends, and wherein said member forms a first shape having a longitudinal axis and a first outer diameter on a radial aspect of said longitudinal axis when radially artificially constrained for percutaneous delivery into a body space having a body space wall, and a second shape about said longitudinal axis upon release from said radial constraint, said second shape having a second outer diameter larger than said first outer diameter and sufficient to engage the body space wall, and forming a lumen along said longitudinal axis with a lumen diameter sufficient to allow fluid flow through said implantable member wherein said implantable member has predetermined, distensible, semi-impenetrable spaces when in the second shape; and

    b.) an elongate pusher extending from one of said opposite ends and being attached to said implantable member via an electrolytically severable joint.

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