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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1998
Thomas H. Burke, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kim Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Henry Bourang, Turlock, CA (US);
Uriel Hiram Chee, San Carlos, CA (US);
SciMed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A flexible engaging delivery device ( ) for delivery of a vaso-occlusion flexible engaging structure ( ) to a vascular target site via a catheter ( ) is disclosed comprising a catheter ( ) having a lumen ( ) and an introducer ( ) disposed within the catheter ( ). The introducer ( ) comprises an outer sleeve ( ), a shaft ( ) and a wire ( ) that is slidably movable within the shaft ( ). A wire tip ( ) is permanently connected to the wire ( ), wherein the wire tip ( ) is adapted to contact a matted portion ( ) of the vaso-occlusion flexible engaging structure ( ) and is used to deliver said flexible engaging structure from said flexible engaging device ( ) to a vaso-occlusion target site.