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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2005
Keith Balgobin, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Donald K. Jones, Lauderhill, FL (US);
Vladimir Mitelberg, Aventura, FL (US);
Darren R. Sherman, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
John H. Thinnes, Jr., Miami Beach, FL (US);
Keith Balgobin, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Donald K. Jones, Lauderhill, FL (US);
Vladimir Mitelberg, Aventura, FL (US);
Darren R. Sherman, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
John H. Thinnes, Jr., Miami Beach, FL (US);
Cordis Neurovascular, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Abstract
A medical device for placing an embolic device at a predetermined site within a vessel of the body including a delivery catheter and a flexible pusher member slidably disposed within the lumen of the catheter. An embolic device is retained within the delivery catheter by a mechanical interlocking mechanism which includes an engagement member attached to the distal end of the pusher member and extends through a retaining ring at the proximal end of the embolic device. A detachment member extends through an aperture at the distal end of the engagement member thereby locking the embolic device onto the pusher member. A kicker member extends from the distal end of the pusher member and is biased so as to lift the retaining ring off of the engagement member to ensure the release of the embolic device when the detachment member is withdrawn from the aperture of the engagement member.