Occluder device formed from an open cell foam material

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1997-11-07

1999-05-18

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Sutureless closure

A61B17/04

Patent

active

059047038

ABSTRACT:
A transcatheter occluder device for closing an opening in a tissue wall includes a body member formed of an open cell polymer foam capable of holding a predetermined occluder shape and being resiliently compressible for transcatheter deployment. The occluder device includes a pair of spaced-apart disks interconnected by a narrow neck portion. Grip means are provided in the neck portion to releasably engage a guide wire for deployment of the occluder device through a catheter.

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