×

Implant delivery assembly with expandable coupling/decoupling mechanism

  • US 6,849,081 B2
  • Filed: 12/05/2000
  • Issued: 02/01/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method for detaching an occlusive coil at a site to be occluded in a body, comprising:

  • i) providing a catheter having a distal end and an occlusive coil attached to the distal end such that a distal end of the coil is distal to the catheter distal end;

    ii) inserting the catheter in a body such that the coil is placed at a site to be occluded;

    iii) directing a fluid to the catheter distal end through a lumen in said catheter such that the fluid radially expands the catheter distal end to thereby release said coil from the distal end of the catheter.

View all claims
  • 10 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×