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Self-expanding pseudo-braided intravascular device

  • US 8,043,326 B2
  • Filed: 09/10/2009
  • Issued: 10/25/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for use in embolic therapy, comprising:

  • an elongate filament interlaced with itself into a pseudo-braided pattern having an initial tubular shape, an internal lumen, a first end having an opening to the internal lumen and a second end having an opening to the internal lumen, the first end and the second end being collapsed upon themselves when the device is deployed at the targeted site to close the openings to the internal lumen so that the interlaced elongate filament defines a generally spherical body; and

    a delivery microcatheter releasably connected to said spherical body.

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