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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
May. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chinh Ngoc Tran, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Douglas Ray Hayman, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Tom Whalen, II, Encinitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Micro Therapeutics, Inc., Irvin, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 3/100 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are novel techniques for embolizing blood vessels which are particularly suited for treating vascular lesions via catheter delivery of an embolic composition.