Patent ID: 6203547
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A vaso-occlusion coil delivery assembly comprising:(a) a catheter having proximal and distal ends and an inner lumen extending therebetween,(b) an introducer for holding a vaso-occlusion coil in a substantially linear condition, said introducer having an end region adapted to be mated with the proximal end of said catheter for transferring said coil from the introducer into the catheter,(c) a coil delivery device comprising a wire adapted to be advanced axially within the catheter lumen, said wire having a proximal end region adapted to be manipulated to advance the wire within the catheter and a distal end region having a stiff wavy wire segment adapted to releasably and frictionally engage an end region inner lumen of said vaso-occlusion coil, and(d) means for releasably disengaging the coil from said stiff wavy wire segment.