Patent classifications
A61B17/12113
Spiral delivery system for embolic braid
A device for treating an aneurysm with a braided implant can include a delivery tube having a spiral groove on an outer surface of the delivery tube and a braided implant having a spiral segment. The spiral segment can engage the spiral groove as the braided implant is delivered to an aneurysm treatment site. At the treatment site, the braided implant can be implanted, and the delivery tube can be rotated to disengage the spiral segment from the spiral groove. Once released, the spiral segment can reshape to occlude the neck of the aneurysm.
IMPLANT DETACHMENT SYSTEMS WITH A MODIFIED PULL WIRE
A detachment system for delivering an embolic coil implant to a treatment site is provided. A pull wire through a lumen of the detachment system that engages a loop wire can include a slack section. The slack section can be one or more bends, a spiral coil, or a stretchable material. The slack section is effective to inhibit premature detachment of the implantable medical device by inhibiting movement of the distal end of the pull wire when the detachment system is traversing a microcatheter.
MEDICAL DEVICE DELIVERY SYSTEMS WITH TWISTING LOOP WIRES
A detachment system for delivering an embolic coil implant to a treatment site is provided. A loop wire that is looped over a pull wire of the system can include one or more twists to increase frictional resistance against the pull wire. The additional resistance decreases likelihood of premature deployment of the embolic coil prior to the detachment system reaching the treatment site.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING PREMATURE EMBOLIC IMPLANT DEPLOYMENT
Disclosed herein are various exemplary systems, devices, and methods for inhibiting premature implant deployment. The delivery member can include a body including a lumen extending therethrough, the body including a compressed distal portion. The delivery member can include a pull wire extending through the lumen. The pull wire can include a pull wire portion that extends radially to abut a sidewall of the body to provide frictional resistance against the body. The pull wire can be positioned to secure the implantable medical device to the delivery member, and the pull wire portion can be effective to inhibit premature detachment of the implant by inhibiting proximal translation of the pull wire due to the frictional resistance provided by the pull wire portion against the body.
INJECTOR DEVICES FOR DELIVERING MATERIAL TO VASCULAR DEFECTS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Systems, methods, and devices for treating vascular defects are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method of treating an aneurysm includes positioning a distal portion of an elongated member near or within an aneurysm. The method can include introducing an embolic composition into a lumen of the elongated member using an injector device coupled to a proximal portion of the elongated member. The injector device can pressurize the embolic composition to a pressure of at least 10,000 psi. The method can also include delivering the embolic composition into the aneurysm via the elongated member.
Occlusive devices
A system for treatment of an aneurysm includes an intrasaccular device that can be delivered using a catheter. The device can include at least one expandable structure adapted to transition from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration when released into the aneurysm. The expandable structure can have a specific shape or porosity. Multiple expandable structures can also be used, in which case each of the expandable structures can have a unique shape or porosity profile. The morphology of the aneurysm and orientation of any connecting arteries can determine the type, size, shape, number, and porosity profile of the expandable structure used in treating the aneurysm.
Intrasaccular thin-film flow diverters and related methods
An intrasaccular flow diverter includes a wire structure (e.g., a braided wire or a laser-cut hypotube), a thin-film mesh placed over the wire structure, and crimps fixing the thin-film mesh to the wire structure at each crimp. The wire structure and the thin-film mesh between adjacent crimps are expanded radially to form thin-film covered spheroid structures. When deployed in an aneurysm, the spheroid structures may volumetrically fill the aneurysm sac. An intrasaccular flow diverter with an umbrella structure includes a wire structure with a plurality of crimps along the wire structure, and a thin-film covered umbrella structure at one end of the wire structure. The wire structure between adjacent crimps is expanded radially to form a spheroid structure. When deployed in an aneurysm, the thin-film covered umbrella structure may cover the aneurysm neck.
Device for restricting blood flow to aneurysms
A non-occlusive device is provided that includes a coilable section and a docking section. When deployed from a microcatheter within a wide-neck vascular aneurysm, the coilable section is configured to become coiled into a coil defining a sequence of concentric loops, and to bridge a neck of the aneurysm so as to at least partially cover an orifice of the aneurysm, when in use. The docking section is configured to be deployed from the microcatheter within the aneurysm. The docking section extends distally from an outermost one of the concentric loops of the coil, and is shaped so as to define one or more concentric loops having an outer diameter less than an outer diameter of the concentric loops of the coil. The docking section is configured to anchor, stabilize, and/or assist with positioning of the device within the aneurysm. Other embodiments are also described.
Devices, systems, and methods for the treatment of vascular defects
Devices and methods for treating vascular defects, such as, for example, balloon-type aneurysms, are described herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an insertion portion and an expandable implant. The expandable implant is configured to be deployed in an aneurysm and is coupled to the insertion portion. The expandable implant has a first portion and a second portion coupled to the first portion. The expandable implant is movable between a first configuration in which the first portion and the second portion are substantially linearly aligned and a second configuration in which the second portion at least partially overlaps the first portion.
Occlusion devices and methods of their manufacture and use
Disclosed are implantable medical devices for the occlusion of a bodily lumen, cavity, vessel, or organ, as well as methods for manufacturing such occlusion devices, and methods for treating a subject using the occlusion devices. The devices generally include a wire having shape memory properties and a flexible membranous material disposed about the wire. Some embodiments include a lateral fringe on the membranous material. Some embodiments include a fluid capture cup affixed to the wire.