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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2012
Michael Constant, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Josh Garretson, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Gregory M. Cruise, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Michael Constant, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Josh Garretson, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Gregory M. Cruise, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Terumo Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
Described herein are apparatus, compositions, systems and associated methods to occlude structures and malformations of the vasculature with radiopaque hydrogel filaments with delayed controlled rates of expansion. Further described is a device for implantation in an animal comprising a difunctional, low molecular weight ethylenically unsaturated shapeable macromer; an ethylenically unsaturated monomer; and a radiopaque element, wherein said device contains no support members. Methods of forming such devices are also disclosed.