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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2006
Applicant:
Keith Balgobin, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Inventor:
Keith Balgobin, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Assignee:
Codman & Shurtleff, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Therapeutic devices, especially vaso-occlusive devices or embolic coils, are delivered by an apparatus that includes a pullwire having a tine or tines that have an offset orientation that engages a therapeutic device. The pullwire passes through an opening of a headpiece. When the pullwire moves in a relative proximal direction, the tine moves toward a straight-line orientation, and the therapeutic device is liberated from the tine and from the pullwire. At this state, the therapeutic device is ready for deployment at a desired intraluminal location.