摘要:
A woven fabric (300, 400, 500, 620) for a low profile implantable medical device (600) includes a plurality of textile strands of a composite yarn (100, 200, 310, 410, 510, 622) aligned in a first direction interlaced with a plurality of textile strands of the composite yarn (100, 200, 320, 420, 520, 624) aligned in a second direction. The composite yarn includes a combination of a first material (112, 212) and a second material (114, 214). The textile strands have a size between about 10 denier to about 20 denier. The first material (112, 212) has at least one characteristic different from the second material (114, 214) and reacts favorably with blood when placed within an artery.
摘要:
An assembly for deploying a stent graft includes a stent graft (18). The stent graft (18) has a tubular structure and includes first (118) and second (120) end stents and at least one stent between the first and second end stents. The assembly also includes a plurality of constraining mechanisms arranged along the length of the stent graft (18). The assembly includes an actuation mechanism including a plurality of release wires or rods. Each of the constraining mechanisms includes a plurality of couplings to the release wires or rods, and the release wires or rods are operable to be withdrawn from the couplings to release the constraining mechanisms. The release wires or rods have ends which during withdrawal terminate at different longitudinal positions to release different couplings of each of the constraining mechanisms at different times so as to release each of the constraining mechanisms in stages.
摘要:
An introducer assembly for cerebral applications includes an introducer element (80), which may have a catheter or sheath (82), a pusher element (84) holding an implantable medical device (88) and a dilator tip (90). The assembly also includes a protective sleeve (72) within which the introducer element (80) is disposed. The protective sleeve (72) is made of an absorbable hydrophilic material which is deployed in a wetted condition and acts as a cushion or barrier between the introducer element (80) and the vessel wall (60). The sleeve can prevent trauma to the vessel during the deployment of the introducer element (80) and as a result can avoid vessel spasm which can occur in delicate vessels such as the cerebral vessels.
摘要:
A handle assembly (101) for a delivery device the sequential release of trigger wires from a prosthesis to release the prosthesis from the delivery device. The handle assembly (101) has two handles, one of which is a rotating handle (122). The rotating handle (122) has a first (230) and second (250) trigger wire release mechanisms which operate to sequentially release a first and second trigger wire, respectively, and a locking mechanism. The other handle has a locking mechanism that prevents that operation of the second trigger wire release mechanism until the first trigger wire has been released.
摘要:
A woven fabric (300, 400, 500, 620) for a low profile implantable medical device (600) includes a plurality of textile strands of a composite yarn (100, 200, 310, 410, 510, 622) aligned in a first direction interlaced with a plurality of textile strands of the composite yarn (100, 200, 320, 420, 520, 624) aligned in a second direction. The composite yarn includes a combination of a first material (112, 212) and a second material (114, 214). The textile strands have a size between about 10 denier to about 20 denier. The first material (112, 212) has at least one characteristic different from the second material (114, 214) and reacts favorably with blood when placed within an artery.
摘要:
Systems and techniques for positioning radiopaque markings on medical stent devices are provided. Specific combinations of adjacent radiopaque markings and overlapping radiopaque markings on the stent devices are presented to provide specific feedback information to an administrator working to guide the stent devices through vessels.