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Abstract

An embolization device for positioning in a blood vessel comprises an elongated wire body (1) which in its unloaded condition has a predetermined shape and has an elongated shape with a substantially straight center line during its insertion through a catheter (18) to a placement site in the blood vessel and after its release from the catheter assumes a complexly curved shape which depends on the predetermined shape and on the blood vessel impact on the wire body. In its predetermined shape the wire body has at least one section (4) located between its front and back ends in which the center line has substantially no curvature or such a small curvature that along a length of at least 20 mm it follows a helix-free path. The front end section (2, 2'', 2''') of the wire body is adapted to be frictionally locked to the vessel wall when discharged from the catheter, before said helix-free section (4) has been discharged from the catheter. When the helix-free section (4) is discharged it will bend sideways and seek towards the middle of the vessel lumen and continue towards the opposite vessel wall where it is frictionally locked. At continued pushing out many such vessel-crossing wire portions (20) occur, which provides efficient occlusion of the vessel. One advantage of the embolization device is that it may be used to occlude blood vessel areas. Accordingly, a method is described for occluding a blood vessel area using the wire body (1).

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