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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2016
Endoshape, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Julie Trommeter, Boulder, CO (US);
Charles Barkenbus, Boulder, CO (US);
Jeffrey Castleberry, Boulder, CO (US);
William Aldrich, Boulder, CO (US);
Jon Page, Boulder, CO (US);
Paul Burek, Boulder, CO (US);
Stan Needle, Boulder, CO (US);
Frank Becking, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Dean Carson, Boulder, CO (US);
Jessi Watson, Boulder, CO (US);
ENDOSHAPE, INC., Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
A delivery apparatus for a lumen occlusion device includes a pusher configured for releasably coupling with and pushing and pulling a proximal end of the occlusion device in a distal or proximal direction and a distal control wire capable of releasably coupling with the distal end and the proximal end of the occlusion device. The control wire may be configured for moving the distal end of the occlusion device in both proximal and distal directions allowing precise simultaneous control of both proximal and distal ends of the occlusion device. Control of both ends provides for placing the occlusion device in tension during delivery through a delivery catheter, thereby reducing delivery forces, achieving greater compaction of the occlusion device in the lumen, and precisely locating both distal and proximal ends of the occlusion device within the lumen.