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Self-expanding, pseudo-braided intravascular device

  • US 6,632,241 B1
  • Filed: 03/22/2000
  • Issued: 10/14/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method involving employing a device for use in embolic therapy within vasculature having an aneurysm sac, comprising:

  • gaining access to vasculature;

    placing within an aneurysm sac a device including an elongate filament configured into a pseudo-braided pattern and formed to define a generally tubular body with a first end and a second end; and

    configuring the body to facilitate thrombus formation within the aneurysm sac, said first and second ends each being defined by a plurality of endless reversals of direction of said filament.

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