Patent ID: 9095344
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An occlusion device delivery system, comprising: a catheter having a lumen extending between distal and proximal portions, the distal portion having proximal and distal apertures extending through a wall of the catheter; an expandable coiled implant, wound about the distal portion, comprising a wire and having proximal and distal sections, the proximal section having a first segment that extends within the proximal aperture, the distal section comprising a second segment that extends within the distal aperture, the wire having a first cross-sectional profile between the first and second segments and a reduced cross-sectional profile in the first and second segments that is smaller than the first cross-sectional profile; and an elongate member extending through the lumen and engaging and radially restraining the first segment within the proximal aperture and the second segment within the distal aperture.