Patent ID: 8444667
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of occluding a vascular defect having a neck opening, the method comprising the steps, in the order recited, of: a) deploying a support structure to said vascular defect, said support structure having an opening for accepting a vaso-occlusive device; b) deploying a vaso-occlusive device having a continuous surface, an expanded configuration and an unexpanded configuration and at least one securement member through said opening of said support structure and through said neck opening of said vascular defect into said vascular defect, the vaso-occlusive device comprising an umbrella, an umbrella-like canopy, a parabola, a sphere, or a disc; c) expanding the continuous surface of the vaso-occlusive device to thereby bridge the opening of the vascular defect; and d) engaging said at least one securement member to said support structure to thereby anchor said vaso-occlusive device to said support structure.