Foam matrix embolization device

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A61B 17/00 (2006.01) A61F 2/02 (2006.01) A61F 2/84 (2006.01) A61F 2/88 (2006.01) A61L 27/04 (2006.01) A61L 27/14 (2006.01) A61L 27/56 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2551373

The present invention relates to a medical device for placement at a predetermined location within a passageway of the human body, and more particularly, relates to a flexible embolization device which may be delivered by a catheter to a pre-selected position within a blood vessel to thereby embolize a blood vessel or a blood vessel defect, such as an aneurysm or fistula. Specifically, the embolization device comprises an elongated coil having a lumen, the coil and lumen being at least partially embedded in an elongated foam member comprising, in some embodiments, a flexible, biodegradable, water insoluble, open, interconnecting-cell foam material having embolic characteristics, and capable of allowing cell proliferation into the open cell foam interior.

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