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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Steve Opolski, Carlisle, MA (US);
Inventor:
Steve Opolski, Carlisle, MA (US);
Assignee:
NMT Medical, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/50 (2006.01); A61F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A delivery system for implanting medical devices within a lumen or body cavity of a patient, the delivery system having a wire formed from a plurality of layered strands yielding a reduced bending stiffness for improved maneuverability with no reduction in overall tensile strength compared to delivery systems using a single wire and of comparable diameter. The physical properties of the delivery system permit optimal placement and retrieval of an intracardiac occluder within a patient.