Patent ID: 8118749

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