METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEALING AN OPENING IN THE SIDE WALL OF A BODY LUMEN
摘要
An expandable spherical structure for deployment in a blood vessel or other body lumen, comprising: an open frame configured to assume a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration; and a closed face carried by the open frame; wherein the open frame is configured so as to permit substantially normal flow therethrough when the open frame is in its expanded configuration, and further wherein the closed face is configured so as to obstruct flow therethrough.
申请公布号
CA2707043(A1)
申请公布日期
2009.06.18
申请号
CA20082707043
申请日期
2008.12.11
申请人
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
发明人
RIINA, HOWARD;ANDREWS, ROBERT;STROHL, CLAIR;MILSOM, JEFFREY;CORNHILL, J. FREDRICK;SMITH, KEVIN THOMAS;LAMPHERE, DAVID G.;NGUYEN, TUAN ANH