abstract |
PCT No. PCT/US93/09914 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 26, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 26, 1996 PCT Filed Oct. 15, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/10936 PCT Pub. Date May 26, 1994An exceptionally flexible, ultrasoft vaso-occlusive or embolism forming device made of a material which may be a braid, coil, or chain which forms a long, thin thread-like device having little rigidity or column strength. The device is sufficiently flexible and small that it may be hydraulically delivered to a site within the vasculature of a human body using an injected drug or fluid flush through a catheter. |