Patent ID: 8353841
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An in vivo implant assembly for deployment within a vessel, the vessel having an inner diameter, comprising: an intracorporal device body having a first end and a second opposing end, the intracorporal device body further having a longitudinal axis and a diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the vessel into which the implant assembly is intended to be positioned; and a means for passively creating an interference fit between the in vivo implant assembly and the inner diameter of the vessel, comprising: a longitudinal anchor structure, wherein a proximate end portion of the longitudinal anchor structure is positionally fixed relative to a top surface of the intracorporal device, wherein a distal end portion of the longitudinal anchor structure extends distally outwardly from the proximate end portion of the longitudinal anchor structure and a respective end of the intracoporeal device body to form a loop that is positioned in an operative plane that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the intracorporal device body, wherein the distal-most end of the distal end portion forms a continuously curved tip, wherein at least a portion of the longitudinal anchor structure has a diameter that is at least as large as the inner diameter of the vessel into which the implant assembly is intended to be operatively located, and wherein the intracorporal device is adapted to be permanently fixed relative to the position of the created interference fit within the vessel.