Patent ID: 9259337
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A method of treating a cerebral aneurysm within a cerebral vasculature of a patient, comprising the steps of: providing a microcatheter having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween; providing an expandable support structure having first and second ends, comprising: advancing the distal end of the microcatheter to a region of interest within a cerebral artery; advancing the expandable. Support structure through the lumen and out of the distal end of the microcatheter such that the expandable support structure deploys within the cerebral aneurysm, wherein the support structure expands to the expanded state within the cerebral aneurysm; and withdrawing the microcatheter from the cerebral vasculature and from the patient, wherein the expandable support structure is the only implant delivered into the cerebral aneurysm through the microcatheter before the microcatheter is withdrawn from the cerebral vasculature.