Flexible vascular occluding device
First Claim
1. A device for positioning within a blood vessel for treatment of an aneurysm, said device including a plurality of woven members, wherein said woven members form a lattice structure along the length of said device, wherein the density of the lattice structure is between about 25 to about 50 picks per inch, each of said woven members comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, said outer surface being configured for positioning adjacent an inner wall of a vessel, and said outer surface forming a portion of an outer circumference of said device between first and second ends of said device, said plurality of woven members forming a plurality of openings extending between adjacent members of the device, said outer surfaces of the plurality of woven members comprising between about 20 percent to about 50 percent of a total circumferential area of said device;
- wherein the device is configured to freely bend 90 degrees about a fulcrum upon application of a bending moment of 0.005 lb-in to the device, and to be compressed to 50% of an original diameter of the device upon application of a force of less than 10 grams, when the device is fully deployed from a delivery catheter.
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Abstract
A vascular occluding device for modifying blood flow in a vessel, while maintaining blood flow to the surrounding tissue. The occluding device includes a flexible, easily compressible and bendable occluding device that is particularly suited for treating aneurysms in the brain. The neurovascular occluding device can be deployed using a micro-catheter. The occluding device can be formed by braiding wires in a helical fashion and can have varying lattice densities along the length of the occluding device. The occluding device could also have different lattice densities for surfaces on the same radial plane.
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1. A device for positioning within a blood vessel for treatment of an aneurysm, said device including a plurality of woven members, wherein said woven members form a lattice structure along the length of said device, wherein the density of the lattice structure is between about 25 to about 50 picks per inch, each of said woven members comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, said outer surface being configured for positioning adjacent an inner wall of a vessel, and said outer surface forming a portion of an outer circumference of said device between first and second ends of said device, said plurality of woven members forming a plurality of openings extending between adjacent members of the device, said outer surfaces of the plurality of woven members comprising between about 20 percent to about 50 percent of a total circumferential area of said device;
- wherein the device is configured to freely bend 90 degrees about a fulcrum upon application of a bending moment of 0.005 lb-in to the device, and to be compressed to 50% of an original diameter of the device upon application of a force of less than 10 grams, when the device is fully deployed from a delivery catheter.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A braided device for occluding a portion of a vessel comprising an elongated flexible structure having an asymmetrical braided pattern of woven members, said members having an inner surface and an outer surface, said outer surface being configured for positioning adjacent an inner wall of a vessel, said outer surface forming a portion of an outer circumference of said device between first and second ends of said device, said outer surfaces of the plurality of woven members comprising between about 20 percent to about 50 percent of a total circumferential area of said device;
- wherein said members form a lattice structure along the length of said device, wherein the density of the lattice structure is between about 25 to about 50 picks per inch, wherein the device, upon application of a bending moment of 0.005 lb-in, is configured to bend 90 degrees about a longitudinal axis of the device; and
wherein the device is configured to freely bend about a fulcrum and to be compressed to 50% of an original diameter of the device upon application of a force of less than 10 grams when the device is fully deployed within a vessel. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- wherein said members form a lattice structure along the length of said device, wherein the density of the lattice structure is between about 25 to about 50 picks per inch, wherein the device, upon application of a bending moment of 0.005 lb-in, is configured to bend 90 degrees about a longitudinal axis of the device; and
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16. A braided occlusion device, for occluding an aneurysm in a vessel, the device comprising:
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an elongate structure having a braided pattern of more than two interwoven members, said interwoven members having an inner surface and an outer surface, said outer surface being configured for positioning adjacent an inner wall of a vessel, said outer surface forming a portion of an outer circumference of said device between first and second ends of said device, said outer surfaces of the plurality of interwoven members comprising between about 20 percent to about 50 percent of a total circumferential area of said device;
wherein said interwoven members form a lattice structure along the length of said device, wherein the density of the lattice structure is between about 25 to about 50 picks per inch, the elongate structure having a compressed configuration, for intravascular delivery of the structure to a target site, with a compressed cross-sectional measurement, and an expanded configuration with an expanded cross-sectional measurement greater than the compressed cross-sectional measurement;wherein the elongate structure is configured to change from the compressed configuration to the expanded configuration when unrestrained; and wherein, when in the expanded configuration, a first portion of the elongate structure deflects 90 degrees about a fulcrum and relative to a second portion of the elongate structure when a bending moment of 0.005 lb-in is applied to the first portion, and the elongate structure is configured to be compressed to 50% of an original diameter of the device upon application of a force of less than 10 grams. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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