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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Son Gia, San Jose, CA (US);
Hong Doan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Pete Phong Pham, Fremont, CA (US);
Ivan Sepetka, Los Altos, CA (US);
U. Hiram Chee, San Carlos, CA (US);
Michael Mariant, San Jose, CA (US);
David Kupiecki, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Target Therapeutics, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/700 ;
Abstract
A solderless sacrificial link between a detachable member which is placed at and is intended to remain at a desired site within the mammalian body and the core wire used to introduce the detachable member. The detachable member device may be one used to create emboli in the vascular system or may be of any other type deliverable into the human body and detached into an ionic aqueous environment, either for later removal or permanent placement.