Patent ID: 11871931
Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 5:
6. An embolic implantation system, comprising:
an elongated delivery tube configured to traverse vasculature and comprising a lumen therethrough;
a pull wire slidably disposed in the lumen and comprising a distal bump affixed on a distal portion of the pull wire;
an embolic implant comprising an opening;
a flexible loop engaged to the elongated delivery tube, extending through the opening of the embolic implant, and a looped around the pull wire so that the embolic implant is detachably attached to the elongated delivery tube and the distal bump on the pull wire is obstructed from sliding distally through the flexible loop; and
an engagement member comprising the flexible loop and a proximal obstruction positioned within the lumen of the delivery tube approximate a distal end of the delivery tube,
wherein the pull wire further comprises a proximal bump shaped to engage the proximal obstruction upon proximal movement of the proximal bump into the proximal obstruction.