Patent ID: 8764848
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical apparatus including a collapsible for occluding an aperture in a body, the medical device having a first configuration as a reduced profile and a second configuration as an expanded profile, the medical device being adapted to be delivered into a desired delivery location through a delivery system comprising a delivery wire and a delivery catheter, the medical device comprising: a proximal side and a distal side, a first threaded portion directly coupling the proximal side of the device to a threaded portion of the delivery catheter of the delivery system, and a second threaded portion directly coupling the distal side of the device to a threaded portion of the delivery wire of the delivery system wherein the relative cooperative movement of the first threaded portion and the second threaded portion changes the configuration of the device from the expanded profile configuration to the reduced profile, and wherein the first threaded portion and the second threaded portion are positioned on the proximal side of the device when the device is in the expanded profile configuration.