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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Clifford Teoh, Los Altos, CA (US);
Stephen C. Porter, Oakland, CA (US);
Kevin M. Jaeger, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Michael Wallace, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Clifford Teoh, Los Altos, CA (US);
Stephen C. Porter, Oakland, CA (US);
Kevin M. Jaeger, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Michael Wallace, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides an embolic assembly delivery apparatus having superior flexibility characteristics at its distal end, that is, at the point of attachment of the embolic assembly to the delivery apparatus. It also provides a method of using the apparatus to deliver an embolic assembly to a target site in a patient's body.