Patent ID: 8961532
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A delivery system comprising: an elongated catheter shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end insertable into a body lumen; a delivery means for delivering an occluding device to a desired location within the body lumen; and a flexible atraumatic tip on the distal end of the elongated catheter shaft for guiding the elongated catheter shaft through the body lumen, the atraumatic tip having a proximal end coupled onto an outer surface of the distal end of the elongated catheter such that the distal end of the elongated catheter is inside the atraumatic tip, a distal end having a distal leading edge, a slanted facial opening near the distal end of the atraumatic tip, and a flexible elongated portion extending from a distal end of the slanted facial opening to the distal leading edge, wherein the flexible elongated portion is formed with a bend that extends away from a longitudinal length of the flexible atraumatic tip in a direction substantially consonant with the slanted facial opening from about the distal end of the slanted facial opening to the distal leading edge such that, with regard to relative positions to each other, the distal leading edge is located below the distal end of the slanted facial opening and the occluding device is deployed above the distal leading edge.