IP Library Granted Patent US 12,376,859
Granted Patent B2
US 12,376,859 · App. 17/375,482 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Embolic coil proximal connecting element and stretch resistant fiber

Inventors: Juan Lorenzo (Davie, FL); Tyson Montidoro (Raynham, MA); Daniel Solaun (Miami, FL); David Blumenstyk (Miami, FL)
Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
A61B17/12113A61B17/1215A61B17/12154A61B2017/1205
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Patent No.
US 12,376,859
App. No.
17/375,482
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An embolic coil implant having a stretch resistant fiber therethrough and dual-functional engagement feature at its proximal end is provided. The stretch resistant fiber can be effective to limiting separation of windings of the embolic coil. The engagement feature can provide an attachment for securing the embolic coil to an engagement system of a delivery tube and for securing the stretch resistant fiber at the proximal end of the embolic coil. The engagement feature can have two engagement surfaces affixed to a proximal end of the embolic coil that are longitudinally offset from each other by a distance that is about half of a diameter of a wire of the embolic coil.

Claims (40)

1. An embolic implant comprising:

an embolic coil comprising a coiled wire;

a detachment feature affixed to the embolic coil approximate a proximal end of the embolic coil, the detachment feature comprising a first engagement surface and a second engagement surface longitudinally offset from each other by a length approximately equal to half of a diameter of the coiled wire; and

a stretch resistant fiber engaged to the detachment feature, extended through a lumen of the embolic coil, and affixed to the embolic coil approximate a distal end of the embolic coil,

wherein the detachment feature comprises a first opening therethrough and a second opening therethrough separated from the first opening,

wherein the stretch resistant fiber passes through the first opening,

wherein at least a portion of the first opening is positioned within the lumen of the embolic coil,

wherein at least a portion of the second opening is positioned proximally from the proximal end of the embolic coil, and

wherein the second opening comprises an approximately polygon shape comprising four sides of approximately equal length and a fifth side of greater length than the four sides, the fifth side being orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the detachment feature.

2. The embolic implant of claim 1 , wherein the stretch resistant fiber is effective to limit separation of windings of the embolic coil as the embolic coil is reshaped.

3. The embolic implant of claim 1 , wherein the second opening comprises an atraumatic surface at a distal end of the second opening.

4. The embolic implant of claim 1 , wherein the first opening comprises an atraumatic surface orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the detachment feature.

5. The embolic implant of claim 1 , wherein the approximately polygon shape comprises two corners on either end of the fifth side that are each respectively extended in a proximal direction in relation to the fifth side.

6. The embolic implant of claim 1 ,

wherein the lumen of the embolic coil comprises an inner diameter,

wherein the detachment feature comprises a proximal portion disposed proximally from the lumen and a distal portion disposed within the lumen,

wherein the proximal portion comprises a first width measuring greater than the inner diameter of the lumen, and

wherein the distal portion comprises a second width measuring about equal to the inner diameter of the lumen.

7. A system comprising:

an implant comprising an embolic coil and a detachment feature, the detachment feature comprising a distal portion extended within a lumen of the embolic coil, a proximal portion extending proximally from a proximal end of the embolic coil, a first engagement surface affixed to the proximal end of the embolic coil, and a second engagement surface affixed to the proximal end of the embolic coil, the first engagement surface and the second engagement surface being longitudinally offset from each other by a length approximately equal to half a diameter of a coiled wire of the embolic coil;

a pull wire;

a delivery tube attached to the detachment feature and configured to detach from the implant upon proximal translation of the pull wire; and

a loop wire affixed to the delivery tube,

wherein the detachment feature further comprises a proximal opening through the proximal portion,

wherein the loop wire is extended through the proximal opening and around the pull wire so that the delivery tube is attached to the detachment feature,

wherein the proximal opening comprises an atraumatic surface apposed to the loop wire,

wherein the atraumatic surface comprises two deepened corners each respectively extended in a proximal direction in relation to a side of the atraumatic opening that is orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the detachment feature, and

wherein the loop wire is positioned within each of the two deepened corners.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the detachment feature further comprises a distal opening through the distal portion, and

wherein the implant further comprises a stretch resistant fiber extending through the distal opening and affixed to the embolic coil approximate a distal end of the embolic coil.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the distal opening comprises an atraumatic surface apposed to the stretch resistant fiber.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the stretch resistant fiber is effective to limit separation of windings of the embolic coil as the embolic coil is reshaped.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the proximal opening is shaped to approximate a five sided polygon.

12. The system of claim 7 ,

wherein the detachment feature further comprises a distal opening through the distal portion,

wherein the detachment feature further comprises a bridge separating the distal opening and the proximal opening, and

wherein the bridge supports a portion of the pull wire.

13. The system of claim 7 , wherein the proximal portion of the detachment feature comprises a width approximately equal to an outer diameter of the delivery tube.

14. The system of claim 7 , wherein the proximal portion of the detachment feature comprises a width approximately equal to an outer diameter of the embolic coil.

15. The system of claim 7 , wherein the proximal portion comprises a proximal extension comprising a width less than and approximately equal to a diameter of a lumen of the delivery tube at a distal end of the delivery tube.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2021
From: LORENZO, JUAN; MONTIDORO, TYSON; SOLAUN, DANIEL; BLUMENSTYK, DAVID
To: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 16573469 · Sep 17, 2019
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