Intravascular devices for treating blood vessels and a method of using such devices
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1. A medical implant for occluding a blood vessel, comprising:
- a cup shaped elastic blood impermeable membrane sized and shaped for substantially occluding a lumen of a blood vessel;
at least one scaffolding element mounted, sized and shaped for being attached at least one blood clot forming in front of said elastic blood impermeable membrane; and
at least one anchoring element having a tip directed outward from the center of the cup shaped elastic blood impermeable membrane;
wherein said at least one scaffolding element is extended from said cup shaped elastic blood impermeable membrane along a longitudinal axis traversing a center of a cup shaped space encircled by said cup shaped elastic blood impermeable membrane said at least one scaffolding element comprising a plurality of bended arms connected together at a proximal end and a distal end of the at least one scaffolding element along the longitudinal axis.
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Abstract
A medical implant for occluding a blood vessel. The medical implant comprises a cup shaped elastic blood impermeable membrane sized and shaped for substantially occluding a lumen of a blood vessel, at least one scaffolding element mounted, sized and shaped for being attached at least one blood clot forming in front of the elastic blood impermeable membrane, and at least one anchoring element having a tip directed outward from the center of the cup shaped elastic blood impermeable membrane.
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1. A medical implant for occluding a blood vessel, comprising:
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a cup shaped elastic blood impermeable membrane sized and shaped for substantially occluding a lumen of a blood vessel; at least one scaffolding element mounted, sized and shaped for being attached at least one blood clot forming in front of said elastic blood impermeable membrane; and at least one anchoring element having a tip directed outward from the center of the cup shaped elastic blood impermeable membrane; wherein said at least one scaffolding element is extended from said cup shaped elastic blood impermeable membrane along a longitudinal axis traversing a center of a cup shaped space encircled by said cup shaped elastic blood impermeable membrane said at least one scaffolding element comprising a plurality of bended arms connected together at a proximal end and a distal end of the at least one scaffolding element along the longitudinal axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A medical implant for occluding a blood vessel, comprising:
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a conical elastic blood impermeable membrane; at least one scaffolding element extended from a vertex of said conical elastic blood impermeable membrane along a longitudinal axis traversing a center of a conical space encircled by said conical elastic blood impermeable membrane;
said at least one scaffolding element comprising a plurality of bended arms connected together at a proximal end and a distal end of the at least one scaffolding element along the longitudinal axis;a supporting element for holding said at least one scaffolding element at the center of said conical elastic blood impermeable membrane; and a plurality of tilted hooks each having a proximal end attached to said supporting element and a distal end tilted outward from a longitudinal axis crossing via the center of said conical elastic blood impermeable membrane.
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12. A method for occluding a blood vessel, comprising:
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conducting a medical implant having an elastic blood impermeable membrane in a compressed state and at least one scaffolding element to an intravascular target area in a blood vessel; placing said medical implant in said intravascular target area so that said scaffolding element is extended from said elastic blood impermeable membrane along a longitudinal axis traversing a center of a conical space encircled by said conical elastic blood impermeable membrane;
said at least one scaffolding element comprising a plurality of bended arms connected together at a proximal end and a distal end of the at least one scaffolding element along the longitudinal axis; andoccluding said vessel by spreading said elastic blood impermeable membrane from said compressed state to an uncompressed state in said intravascular target area; wherein said at least one scaffolding element is sized and shaped to be attached to at least one blood clot formed at said intravascular target area so that said at least one blood clot being firmly attached to said medical implant. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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