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Patent Inventor Names
Vladimir Mitelberg0
David C. Barry0
Donald K. Jones0
Date of Patent
May 25, 2010
0Patent Application Number
116152430
Date Filed
December 22, 2006
0Patent Citations Received
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Patent abstract
An embolic coil deployment system for placing a coil at a preselected site within a vessel of the human body. The deployment system includes a heating element at the distal end of a delivery member and a heat responsive coupling for holding the coil during positioning of the coil and the heating element is heated to reduce the strength of the heat responsive coupling for releasing the coil at a desired position within the vessel.
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