Patent ID: 9445819
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: A61B,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A medical system for controlling blood flow within a blood vessel, the medical system comprising: a tubular member having a tubular wall and a single lumen extending along a longitudinal axis of the tubular member; and embolization material that allows for a predetermined blood flow rate within the blood vessel, wherein the embolization material is placed within the single lumen of the tubular member and includes a plurality of flow reduction material particles made of material that is stable in the blood flow, the flow reduction material particles occupying a particle volume decreasing a free volume inside the tubular member, the flow reduction material particles being spherical and dispersed substantially throughout the entire single lumen of the tubular member, the particle volume corresponding to a predetermined degree of axial blood flow reduction through the tubular member, wherein the predetermined blood flow rate is greater than zero.