US 11,771,433 B2
Flexible vascular occluding device
Aaron Lee Berez, Portola Valley, CA (US); and Quang Quoc Tran, Atherton, CA (US)
Assigned to COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/248,871.
Application 17/248,871 is a continuation of application No. 15/847,384, filed on Dec. 19, 2017, granted, now 10,918,389.
Application 15/847,384 is a continuation of application No. 14/791,876, filed on Jul. 6, 2015, granted, now 9,855,047, issued on Jan. 2, 2018.
Application 14/791,876 is a continuation of application No. 13/845,162, filed on Mar. 18, 2013, granted, now 9,125,659, issued on Sep. 8, 2015.
Application 13/845,162 is a continuation of application No. 11/136,395, filed on May 25, 2005, granted, now 8,398,701, issued on Mar. 19, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/574,429, filed on May 25, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2021/0161537 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01)
CPC A61B 17/12022 (2013.01) [A61B 17/12109 (2013.01); A61B 17/12113 (2013.01); A61B 17/12118 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1205 (2013.01); A61F 2002/823 (2013.01); A61F 2230/001 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0078 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0091 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0095 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for positioning within a blood vessel for treatment of an aneurysm, the device comprising:
a plurality of braided members, wherein the braided members form a lattice structure along the length of the device, each of the braided members comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, the outer surface being configured for positioning adjacent an inner wall of a vessel, and the outer surface forming a portion of an outer circumference of the device between first and second ends of the device, the plurality of braided members forming a plurality of openings extending between adjacent members of the device, the outer surfaces of the plurality of braided members comprising between about 20 percent to about 50 percent of a total circumferential area of the device,
wherein the device is configured to freely bend without permanent deformation 90 degrees about a fulcrum upon application of a bending moment of 0.005 lb-in to the device, and to be compressed to 50% of an original diameter of the device upon application of a force of less than 10 grams, when the device is fully deployed from a delivery catheter, and
wherein at least some of the braided members comprise platinum.