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Devices and methods for treatment of vascular aneurysms

  • US 8,647,377 B2
  • Filed: 10/29/2012
  • Issued: 02/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for filling an aneurysm sac comprising,placing a catheter configured to deliver a space-occupying device across an aneurysm cavity,placing an expandable structure across the aneurysm cavity, wherein the space-occupying device is radially outside the expandable structure during the placing of the expandable structure, andfilling the aneurysm sac with the space-occupying device;

  • wherein the device comprises a first stent at the terminal end of the first longitudinal end and a second stent at the terminal end of the second longitudinal end, and wherein the first stent is the adjacent structural reinforcement element to the second stent;

    wherein the space-occupying device and the catheter are substantially co-axial after the filling the aneurysm sac, and wherein the space-occupying device comprises a solid and/or solidifiable medium.

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