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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2005
Hiep Q. DO, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Richard Champion Davis, Iii, Hollywood, FL (US);
Donald K. Jones, Lauderhill, FL (US);
Juan A. Lorenzo, Davie, FL (US);
Vladimir Mitelberg, Aventura, FL (US);
Darren R. Sherman, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Murty Vyakarnam, South Orange, NJ (US);
Hiep Q. Do, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Richard Champion Davis, III, Hollywood, FL (US);
Donald K. Jones, Lauderhill, FL (US);
Juan A. Lorenzo, Davie, FL (US);
Vladimir Mitelberg, Aventura, FL (US);
Darren R. Sherman, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Murty Vyakarnam, South Orange, NJ (US);
Cordis Corporation, Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a medical device for placement at a predetermined location within a passageway of the human body, and more particularly, relates to a flexible embolization device which may be delivered by a catheter to a pre-selected position within a blood vessel to thereby embolize a blood vessel or a blood vessel defect, such as an aneurysm or fistula. Specifically, the embolization device comprises an elongated coil having a lumen, the coil and lumen being at least partially embedded in an elongated foam member comprising, in some embodiments, a flexible, biodegradable, water insoluble, open, interconnecting-cell foam material having embolic characteristics, and capable of allowing cell proliferation into the open cell foam interior.