Embolization device and a method of using the same
Non-expandable space-occupying devices for treating voids within the body are disclosed. The devices can have multiple non-expandable space-occupying elements connected to a flexible leader. Methods of making and using the devices are also disclosed.
1. A system for treating an aneurysm comprising:
a catheter having a distal exit; and
a self-fusing material,
wherein the self-fusing material has a deployed configuration and an undeployed configuration,
wherein when the self-fusing material is in the undeployed configuration, the distal exit and the self-fusing material are between an outer surface of a prosthesis and a wall of the aneurysm,
wherein when the self-fusing material is in the deployed configuration, the distal exit and the self-fusing material are between the outer surface of the prosthesis and the wall of the aneurysm, and the self-fusing material has fused to itself, promoting a thrombogenic response within the aneurysm to stabilize the self-fusing material and the prosthesis, and
wherein the self-fusing material is configured to promote fusing or other coagulative effect.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the self-fusing material comprises a polymer formulation.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the self-fusing material is radiopaque such that in the deployed configuration, the visualization of the prosthesis is unobstructed by the radiopaque nature of the self-fusing material.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein at the distal exit of the catheter, the catheter comprises a valve to minimize or completely prevent backflow of body fluids or other leakage.
5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a visualization tool for visualizing the self-fusing material before, during, and after the self-fusing material has been deployed.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the self-fusing material comprises a coating, wherein the coating is an agent, and wherein the agent is at least one of a therapeutic agent and a diagnostic agent.
7. A system for treating an aneurysm comprising:
a catheter having a distal exit; and
a self-fusing material,
wherein the self-fusing material has a deployed configuration and an undeployed configuration,
wherein when the self-fusing material is in the undeployed configuration, the distal exit and the self-fusing material are between an outer surface of a prosthesis and a wall of the aneurysm,
wherein when the self-fusing material is in the deployed configuration, the distal exit and the self-fusing material are in the space of the aneurysm, and the self-fusing material has fused to itself, promoting a thrombogenic response within the aneurysm to stabilize the self-fusing material, and
wherein the self-fusing material is configured to promote fusing or other coagulative effect.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the self-fusing material comprises a polymer formulation.
9. The system of claim 7 , wherein at the distal exit of the catheter, the catheter comprises a valve to minimize or completely prevent backflow of body fluids or other leakage.
10. The system of claim 7 , further comprising a visualization tool that can visualize the self-fusing material before, during, and after the self-fusing material has been deployed.