Microvention, Inc.

Terumo Corporation

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Other

Ponaka Pung

Tai D Tieu

Helen Nguyen

Shirley Vong

Ross Soltanian

Heather Griffith

Cang C Lam

Arnold Cruz Tuason

Greg Bak-Boychuk

Priscilla Tsai

Gregory M Cruise

Minh Nguyen

John F Krumme

Maurice Buchbinder

David Zarbatany

Oanh Nguyen

Britney Ngo

Joseph Videll

Ken Perry

Ivan Sepetka

Heath Bowman

Matthew J Fitz

Cathy Lei

Jared A Shimizu

Jessica Liang

Kenneth E Perry

Heather Griffin

Steven Plotkin

Wataru Karino

Steven Trom

Disclosed is a method, apparatus, and kit for assisting the expansion of a self-expanding stent, especially within highly curved or tortuous blood vessels. An elongated pusher having an expandable distal mesh portion can be positioned within a self-expanding stent, expanding during delivery to provide extra expansion force to the stent to ensure the stent properly expands.

Method and apparatus for stent delivery

Implant engagement mechanisms are disclosed for maintaining engagement with a stent until it has been fully deployed and expanded from a catheter or sheath. The apparatus, method and system involving these engagement mechanisms allow a physician to withdraw or retract a sheath prior to full deployment, thereby allowing for redeployment of the stent at a more desirable position.

Releasable delivery system

A stent with varying porosity is described. The stent can be comprised of multiple stents attached together. A braided stent may have selected regions of increased thickness. The stent may be comprised of wires that are welded together at their ends in order to minimize vessel trauma. The stent may comprise a helically wound radiopaque wire wound through the stent.

Stent

In one embodiment according to the present invention, a stent is described having a generally cylindrical body formed from a single woven nitinol wire. The distal and proximal ends of the stent include a plurality of loops, some of which include marker members used for visualizing the position of the stent. In another embodiment, the previously described stent includes an inner flow diverting layer.

Stent and stent delivery device

A stent with a common connection interface, and a method and platform used to create a stent with a common connection interface is described. A common connection interface used to connect a stent to a pusher is described.

Stent and stent connection interface

An occlusive device, occlusive device delivery system, method of using, and method of delivering an occlusive device, and method of making an occlusive device to treat various intravascular conditions is described.

Devices for vascular occlusion

Methods for delivering and using a stent

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Signal Hill, CA, United States of America

Ponaka Pung