Inventors:
Donald K. Jones - Austin TX, US
Vladimir Mitelberg - Austin TX, US
Assignee:
Codman & Shurtleff, Inc. - Raynham MA
International Classification:
A61M 29/00
Abstract:
A vascular occlusion device deployment system for placing an occlusion device at a preselected site within the vasculature of a patient. The deployment system employing a pusher having a lumen with an opening at the distal end of the pusher. A vascular occlusion device is connected to the distal end of the pusher by a portion that is removeably disposed within the opening. The portion of the occlusion device is forced out of the opening by an expandable reaction chamber, thereby deploying the occlusion device.