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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Clifford Teoh, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michael Williams, Oakland, CA (US);
Gregory E. Mirigian, Dublin, CA (US);
Kirsten Carroll, San Francisco, CA (US);
James M. Anderson, Fridley, MN (US);
Jay Rassat, Buffalo, MN (US);
Benjamin Arcand, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Derek Sutermeister, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/12022 (2013.01); A61B 17/1214 (2013.01); A61B 17/12109 (2013.01); A61B 17/12113 (2013.01); A61B 17/12145 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1209 (2013.01); A61B 2017/12068 (2013.01); A61B 2017/12077 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are detachment mechanisms for vaso-occlusive devices that allow for rapid operator-controlled release of the vaso-occlusive device into the selected site. Also disclosed are vaso-occlusive assemblies comprising these detachment mechanisms and methods of using these detachment mechanisms and vaso-occlusive assemblies.