Apparatus and method for deployment of a therapeutic device using a catheter
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1. An apparatus for release and deployment of a therapeutic device within the vasculature of a patient, comprising:
- an elongated, flexible pusher member having an interior lumen;
a first connector member mounted to said elongated, flexible pusher member, said first connector member including a heat source disposed in the interior lumen of the pusher member;
an elongated second connector member connected to a therapeutic device and detachably connected to the first connector member, said elongated second connector member thereby connecting the therapeutic device to the pusher member for placement of the therapeutic device within the vasculature, and said second connector member having a severable portion disposed within said elongated, flexible pusher member, the severable portion being capable of being broken by heating, said heat source being disposed adjacent to said severable portion of said second connector member for heating said severable portion of said second connector member to cause said severable portion of said second connector member to break and release the elongated second connector member for detaching and deploying the therapeutic device from the flexible pusher member when a desired placement of the therapeutic device within the vasculature is achieved.
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Abstract
The apparatus for deployment of an intravascular therapeutic device, includes an elongated, flexible pusher member and a therapeutic device connected to a severable portion of a first connector member mounted to the flexible pusher member with an elongated second connector member connected to the therapeutic device. The first connector member or second connector member may be capable of being broken by heat, and a heat source is provided for heating and breaking the first connector member or the second connector member to release the therapeutic device.
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1. An apparatus for release and deployment of a therapeutic device within the vasculature of a patient, comprising:
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an elongated, flexible pusher member having an interior lumen; a first connector member mounted to said elongated, flexible pusher member, said first connector member including a heat source disposed in the interior lumen of the pusher member; an elongated second connector member connected to a therapeutic device and detachably connected to the first connector member, said elongated second connector member thereby connecting the therapeutic device to the pusher member for placement of the therapeutic device within the vasculature, and said second connector member having a severable portion disposed within said elongated, flexible pusher member, the severable portion being capable of being broken by heating, said heat source being disposed adjacent to said severable portion of said second connector member for heating said severable portion of said second connector member to cause said severable portion of said second connector member to break and release the elongated second connector member for detaching and deploying the therapeutic device from the flexible pusher member when a desired placement of the therapeutic device within the vasculature is achieved. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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