19018495. BIOCOMPATIBLE BIOMEDICAL OCCLUSION DEVICE (THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM)
BIOCOMPATIBLE BIOMEDICAL OCCLUSION DEVICE
Organization Name
THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
Inventor(s)
Mark Wierzbicki of College Station TX US
Duncan Maitland of College Station TX US
Matthew W. Miller of Carefree AZ US
Andrea D. Muschenborn of Bloomington IN US
Landon Nash of Park City UT US
Jason M. Szafron of Hamden CT US
Todd Landsman of College Station TX US
BIOCOMPATIBLE BIOMEDICAL OCCLUSION DEVICE
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 19018495 titled 'BIOCOMPATIBLE BIOMEDICAL OCCLUSION DEVICE
Original Abstract Submitted
A device for a tissue channel includes a device frame, a shape memory polymer foam segment coupled to the device frame, and an attachment structure coupled to the device frame. The device frame includes a proximal structure, a distal structure, and an intermediate structure coupled to the proximal structure and the distal structure. The proximal structure is configured to collapse to fit into a delivery structure and expand to block migration of the proximal structure. The distal structure is configured to collapse to fit into the delivery structure and expand to block migration of the distal structure. The intermediate structure is configured to fit in the tissue channel upon device deployment. The shape memory polymer foam segment is configured to compress to fit into the delivery structure and occlude the channel. The attachment structure is configured to attach and detach the device from a delivery guide.
- THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
- Mark Wierzbicki of College Station TX US
- Duncan Maitland of College Station TX US
- Matthew W. Miller of Carefree AZ US
- Andrea D. Muschenborn of Bloomington IN US
- Landon Nash of Park City UT US
- Jason M. Szafron of Hamden CT US
- Todd Landsman of College Station TX US
- A61B17/00
- A61L31/14
- CPC A61B17/0057