Patent ID: 7316701
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61L,B29C,B29K,B29L

Abstract:
1. A vasoocclusive device that is adapted to be inserted into a portion of a vasculature for occluding a portion of the vasculature for use in interventional therapy and vascular surgery, comprising: at least one strand of a flexible material formed to have a first portion with a first inoperable, substantially linear configuration for insertion into and through a catheter to a desired portion of the vasculature to be treated, and a second operable, three dimensional substantially cube shaped orthogonal configuration for occluding the desired part of the vasculature to be treated; and a second portion including a plurality of helical loops, said plurality of helical loops of said second portion having an end connected to said first portion and a free end, said plurality of helical loops having a first inoperable, substantially linear configuration for insertion into and through a catheter to a desired portion of the vasculature to be treated, and a second operable, elongated configuration with a substantially helical coil shape with said free end of said plurality of helical loops extending outwardly from the first portion in its second configuration, and said second portion in said second operable, elongated configuration filling and reinforcing the three dimensional shaped portion when the vasoocclusive device is implanted at the site in the vasculature to be treated.