US 12,167,854 B2
Occlusive implants with fiber-based release structures
Greg Mirigian, Dublin, CA (US); Brad Homann, Brighton, CO (US); Richard Briganti, Bala Cynwyd, PA (US); Troy Chapman, Centennial, CO (US); Dean Carpenter, Boulder, CO (US); Steven Choi, Lafayette, CO (US); Jessi Watson, Steamboat Springs, CO (US); Charles Barkenbus, Longmont, CO (US); Daniel Ashurst, Castle Pines, CO (US); and David Willenbrink, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to Endoshape, Inc., Boulder, CO (US)
Filed by ENDOSHAPE, INC., Boulder, CO (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/685,376.
Application 17/685,376 is a division of application No. 16/289,163, filed on Feb. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,389,170.
Application 16/289,163 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2017/051859, filed on Sep. 15, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/396,021, filed on Sep. 16, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0304697 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/12113 (2013.01) [A61B 17/12031 (2013.01); A61B 17/12145 (2013.01); A61B 17/1215 (2013.01); A61B 2017/12054 (2013.01); A61B 17/12154 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0091 (2013.01); A61M 25/0905 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical system, comprising:
an occlusive implant having a distal end and a proximal end, the occlusive implant comprising a flexible body with a covering that comprises a plurality of fibers in the form of a braid, wherein at least one fiber of the plurality of fibers extends proximally from the covering, the at least one fiber comprising a ball;
an elongate tubular member having an inner lumen; and
an elongate pusher member slidable within the inner lumen and having a distal end region with a recess adapted to releasably hold the ball when the ball and the recess are constrained within the inner lumen.