CPC A61N 5/1002 (2013.01) [A61N 5/103 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1003 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1004 (2013.01)] | 24 Claims |
1. A device comprising:
at least one anchor sized and shaped to anchor said device to a lumen;
at least one radiation source coupled, by a protrusion, to said at least one anchor, where said at least one radiation source is configured to emit a radiation dose suitable to cause one or both of gradual closure and gradual constriction of a blood vessel portion in or adjacent said lumen at a distance of less than 30 mm from said at least one radiation source, and wherein said protrusion is configured to extend said at least one source away from a wall of said lumen to which it is anchored into an aneurysm or into a central portion of said lumen.
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