| US 7,462,183 B2 | ||
| Methods for deploying conformed structures in body lumens | ||
| Robert S. Behl, Palo Alto, Calif. (US); and Alexander L. Huang, Menlo Park, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Percutaneous Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 07, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/886,886. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0009784 A1, Jan. 12, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61B 17/22 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 606—127 [606/113] | 27 Claims |
| 1. A method for engaging an obstruction in a body lumen, said method comprising:
advancing a wire carrying a flat polymeric film distally in the body lumen past the obstruction, wherein the wire penetrates
the film and is attached to the film at a distal location thereon;
drawing the distal location on the advanced film proximally to compact the film over the wire into an axially compacted plug
structure which at least partially occludes the body lumen, wherein the wire is not compacted; and
engaging a proximal side of the plug structure against the obstruction to move or contain the obstruction.
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