METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING INTRALUMENAL PROCEDURES

摘要

Devices, systems and methods are provided for performing implantation procedures in a desired area of the body. Systems include embodiments of medical implants that include scaffold and inflatable portions and delivery systems to position and release the medical implants at a target location within the body.

主权项

1. A medical implant system comprising:
an elongate flexible catheter having proximal and distal ends and a lumen extending therethrough; a filamentous composite medical implant having an elongate filamentous scaffold portion fixedly coupled to an elongate filamentous expandable portion, said expandable portion including an elongate balloon member and a valve assembly, said scaffold portion being positioned within said balloon member and said balloon member having a length that extends over a substantial portion of the length of said scaffold portion, said balloon member having a first diameter when uninflated and a second diameter when inflated with a fluid; and an elongate delivery system positioned within the lumen of said catheter including a tubular pusher member having proximal and distal ends and a lumen extending therethrough and a tubular filling member having proximal and distal ends and being positioned within the lumen of said pusher member, said filling member distal end being removably coupled to said medical implant.