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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 1996
Filed:
May. 01, 1995
George Bourne, Libertyville, IL (US);
Randall W Davis, Chelmsford, MA (US);
George Duval, New Ipswich, NH (US);
Dennis Goodine, Dracut, MA (US);
James E Lock, Newton, MA (US);
Gerry Ouellette, Framingham, MA (US);
Stanton B Perry, Marblehead, MA (US);
Maria Wagner, Groton, MA (US);
Gregory R Whittaker, Burlington, MO (US);
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system for percutaneous transluminal front-end delivery of a collapsible prosthetic occluder includes a front-end loading portion, a control assembly and an introducer. The front-end loading portion includes a tapering lumen portion and a smaller diameter distal lumen portion. An infusion port communicates with the distal lumen portion immediately adjacent the distal end of the tapering lumen portion. A valve assembly seals the front-end loading portion lumen proximally of the collapsed occluder. The distal end of the front-end loading portion lumen is inserted into the proximal end of an introducer. A control assembly advances the occluder through the front-end loading portion, the introducer and into the defect site.