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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kyu Ho Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jae Kun Lee, Gumi, KR;
Assignee:
Bokwang Co., Ltd., , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for embolic treatment including a high frequency power source and at least one induction coil connected to the high frequency power source which is positioned around the vicinity of diseased vasculature of the body of a patient for generating an eddy current in the metallic coil inserted into the vascular malformation of the diseased vasculature. The eddy current in the metallic coil generates heat which coagulates and contracts the vascular malformation.