Delivery and detachment systems and methods for vascular implants

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9241718
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14491688

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A system for delivering an implant device to a vascular site in a patient a delivery pusher apparatus, an implant device detachably connected to the delivery pusher apparatus by a tether having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the implant device, wherein the tether is substantially non-tensioned when connecting the implant device to the delivery pusher, and an electrical heating element configured coaxially around at least a portion of the tether, wherein heat generated by the heating element severs the tether at a point near the proximal end of the implant device.

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MICROVENTION INC35 ENTERPRISE ALISO VIEJO CA 92656

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Charlton, Eileen Garden Grove, US 9 186
Hemmelgarn, Scott Lake Forest, US 7 98
Hewitt, Todd Laguna Niguel, US 30 485
Marchand, Philippe Munich, DE 100 5369
Patterson, William R Irvine, US 78 4098
Pham, Son Garden Grove, US 42 782
Plaza, Claudio Irvine, US 23 1887
Welsh, Daniel Encinitas, US 17 143

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