Endovascular electrolytically detachable wire and tip for the formation of thrombus in arteries, veins, aneurysms, vascular malformations and arteriovenous fistulas
An artery, vein, aneurysm, vascular malformation or arterial fistula is occluded through endovascular occlusion by the endovascular insertion of a platinum wire and/or tip into the vascular cavity. The vascular cavity is packed with the tip to obstruct blood flow or access of blood in the cavity such that the blood clots in the cavity and an occlusion if formed. The tip may be elongate and flexible so that it packs the cavity by being folded upon itself a multiple number of times, or may pack the cavity by virtue of a filamentary or fuzzy structure of the tip. The tip is then separated from the wire mechanically or by electrolytic separation of the tip from the wire. The wire and the microcatheter are thereafter removed leaving the tip embedded in the thrombus formed within the vascular cavity. Movement of wire in the microcatheter is more easily tracked by providing a radioopaque proximal marker on the microcatheter and a corresponding indicator marker on the wire. Electrothrombosis is facilitate by placing the ground electrode on the distal end of the microcatheter and flowing current between the microcatheter electrode and the tip.
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This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/801,795 filed Feb. 14, 1997, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,855,578, which in turn was is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/485,821, filed Jun. 6, 1995, now abandoned, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/311,508, filed on Sep. 23, 1994, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,540,680, which is a continuation application of application Ser. No. 07/840,211 filed on Feb. 24, 1992, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,354,295, and which in its turn was is a continuation-in-part application of application Ser. No. 07/492,717, filed Mar. 13, 1990, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,122,136.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for endovascular electrothrombic formation of thrombi in arteries, veins, aneurysms, vascular malformations and arteriovenous fistulas.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Approximately 25,000 intracranial aneurysms rupture every year in North America The primary purpose of treatment for ruptured intracranial aneurysm is to prevent rebleeding. At the present time, three general methods of treatment exist, namely an extravascular, endovascular and extra-endovascular approach.
The extravascular approach is comprised of surgery or microsurgery of the aneurysm or treatment site for the purpose of preserving the parent artery. This treatment is common with intracranial berry aneurysms. The methodology comprises the step of clipping the neck of the aneurysm, performing a suture-ligation of the neck, or wrapping the entire aneurysm. Each of these surgical procedures is performed by intrusive invasion into the body and performed from outside the aneurysm or target site. General anesthesia, craniotomy, brain retraction and arachnoid dissection around the neck of the aneurysm and placement of a clip are typically required in these surgical procedures. Surgical treatment of vascular intracranial aneurysm can expect a mortality rate of 4-8% with a morbidity rate of 18-20%. Because of the mortality and morbidity rate expected, the surgical procedure is often delayed while waiting for the best surgical time with the result that an additional percentage of patients will die from the underlying disease or defect prior to surgery. For this reason the prior art has sought alternative means of treatment.
In the endovascular approach, the interior of the aneurysm is entered through the use of a microcatheter. Recently developed microcatheters, such as those shown by Engelson, “Catheter Guidewire”, U.S. Pat. No. 4,884,579 and as described in Engelson, “Catheter for Guidewire Tracking”, U.S. Pat. No. 4,739,768 (1988), allow navigation into the cerebral arteries and entry into a cranial aneurysm.
In such procedures a balloon is typically attached to the end of the microcatheter and it is possible to introduce the balloon into the aneurysm, inflate it, and detach it, leaving it to occlude the sac and neck with preservation of the parent artery. While endovascular balloon embolization of berry aneurysms is an attractive method in situations where an extravascular surgical approach is difficult, inflation of a balloon into the aneurysm carries some risk of aneurysm rupture due to possible over-distention of portions of the sac and due to the traction produced while detaching the balloon.
While remedial procedures exist for treating a ruptured aneurysm during classical extravascular surgery, no satisfactory methodology exists if the aneurysm breaks during an endovascular balloon embolization.
Furthermore, an ideal embolizing agent should adapt itself to the irregular shape of the internal walls of the aneurysm. On the contrary, in a balloon embolization the aneurysmal wall must conform to the shape of the balloon. This may not lead to a satisfactory result and further increases the risk of rupture.
Still further, balloon embolization is not always possible. If the diameter of the deflated balloon is too great to enter the intracerebral arteries, especially in the cases where there is a vasospasm, complications with ruptured intracranial aneurysms may occur. The procedure then must be deferred until the spasm is resolved and this then incurs a risk of rebleeding.
In the extra-intravascular approach, an aneurysm is surgically exposed or stereotaxically reached with a probe. The wall of the aneurysm is then perforated from the outside and various techniques are used to occlude the interior in order to prevent it from rebleeding. These prior art techniques include electrothrombosis, isobutyl-cyanoacrylate embolization, hog-hair embolization and ferromagnetic thrombosis.
In the use of electrothrombosis for extra-intravascular treatment the tip of a positively charged electrode is inserted surgically into the interior of the aneurysm. An application of the positive charge attracts white blood cells, red blood cells, platelets and fibrinogen which are typically negatively charged at the normal pH of the blood. The thrombic mass is then formed in the aneurysm about the tip. Thereafter, the tip is removed. See Mullan, “Experiences with Surgical Thrombosis of Intracranial Berry Aneurysms and Carotid Cavernous Fistulas”, J. Neurosurg., Vol. 41, December 1974; Hosobuchi, “Electrothrombosis Carotid-Cavernous Fistula”, J. Neurosurg., Vol. 42, January 1975; Araki et al., “Electrical Induced Thrombosis for the Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms and Angiomas”, Excerpta Medica International Congress Series, Amsterdam 1965, Vol. 110, 651-654; Sawyer et al., “Bio-Electric Phenomena as an Etiological Factor in Intravascular Thrombosis”, Am. J. Physiol., Vol. 175, 103-107 (1953); J. Piton et al., “Selective Vascular Thrombosis Induced by a Direct Electrical Current; Animal Experiments”, J. Neuroradiology, Vol. 5, pages 139-152 (1978). However, each of these techniques involves some type of intrusive procedure to approach the aneurysm from the exterior of the body.
The prior art has also devised the use of a liquid adhesive, isobutyl-cyanoacrylate (IBCA) which polymerizes rapidly on contact with blood to form a firm mass. The liquid adhesive is injected into the aneurysm by puncturing the sac with a small needle. In order to avoid spillage into the parent artery during IBCA injection, blood flow through the parent artery must be momentarily reduced or interrupted. Alternatively, an inflated balloon may be placed in the artery at the level of the neck of the aneurysm for injection. In addition to the risks caused by temporary blockage of the parent artery, the risks of seepage of such a polymerizing adhesive into the parent artery exists, if it is not completely blocked with consequent occlusion of the artery.
Still further, the prior art has utilized an air gun to inject hog hair through the aneurysm wall to induce internal thrombosis. The success of this procedure involves exposing the aneurysm sufficiently to allow air gun injection and has not been convincingly shown as successful for thrombic formations.
Ferromagnetic thrombosis in the prior art in extra-intravascular treatments comprises the stereotactic placement of a magnetic probe against the sac of the aneurysm followed by injection into the aneurysm by an injecting needle of iron microspheres. Aggregation of the microspheres through the extravascular magnet is followed by interneuysmatic thrombus. This treatment has not been entirely successful because of the risk of fragmentation of the metallic thrombus when the extravascular magnet is removed. Suspension of the iron powder in methyl methymethacrylate has been used to prevent fragmentation. The treatment has not been favored, because of the need to puncture the aneurysm, the risk of occlusion of the parent artery, the use of unusual and expensive equipment, the need for a craniectomy and general anesthesia, and the necessity to penetrate cerebral tissue to reach the aneurysm.
Endovascular coagulation of blood is also well known in the art and a device using laser optically generated heat is shown by O'Reilly, “Optical Fiber with Attachable Metallic Tip for Intravascular Laser Coagulation of Arteries, Veins, Aneurysms, Vascular Malformation and Arteriovenous Fistulas”, U.S. Pat. No. 4,735,201 (1988). See also, O'Reilly et al., “Laser Induced Thermal Occlusion of Berry Aneurysms: Initial Experimental Results”, Radiology, Vol. 171, No. 2, pages 471-74 (1989). O'Reilly places a tip into an aneurysm by means of an endovascular microcatheter. The tip is adhesively bonded to a optic fiber disposed through the microcatheter. Optical energy is transmitted along the optic fiber from a remote laser at the proximal end of the microcatheter. The optical energy heats the tip to cauterize the tissue surrounding the neck of the aneurysm or other vascular opening to be occluded. The catheter is provided with a balloon located on or adjacent to its distal end to cut off blood flow to the site to be cauterized and occluded. Normally, the blood flow would carry away the heat at the catheter tip, thereby preventing cauterization. The heat in the tip also serves to melt the adhesive used to secure the tip to the distal end of the optical fiber. If all goes well, the tip can be separated from the optical fiber and left in place in the neck of the aneurysm, provided that the cauterization is complete at the same time as the hot melt adhesive melts.
A thrombus is not formed from the heated tip. Instead, blood tissue surrounding the tip is coagulated. Coagulation is a denaturation of protein to form a connective-like tissue similar to that which occurs when the albumen of an egg is heated and coagulates from a clear running liquid to an opaque white solid. The tissue characteristics and composition of the coagulated tissue is therefore substantially distinct from the thrombosis which is formed by the thrombotic aggregation of white and red blood cells, platelets and fibrinogen. The coagulative tissue is substantially softer than a thrombic mass and can therefore more easily be dislodged.
O'Reilly's device depends at least in part upon the successful cauterization timed to occur no later than the detachment of the heat tip from the optic fiber. The heated tip must also be proportionally sized to the neck of the aneurysm in order to effectively coagulate the tissue surrounding it to form a blockage at the neck It is believed that the tissue in the interior of the aneurysm remains substantially uncoagulated. In addition, the hot melt adhesive attaching the tip to the optic fiber melts and is dispersed into the adjacent blood tissue where it resolidifies to form free particles within the intracranial blood stream with much the same disadvantages which result from fragmentation of a ferromagnetic electrothrombosis.
Therefore, what is needed is an apparatus and methodology which avoids each of the shortcomings and limitations of the prior art discussed above.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe invention is a method for forming an occlusion within a vascular cavity having blood disposed therein comprising the steps of endovascularly disposing a wire and/or tip near an endovascular opening into the vascular cavity. The wire may include a distinguishable structure at its distal end, which is termed a tip, in which case the remaining portion of the wire may be termed a guidewire. The term “wire” should be understood to collectively include both guidewires and tips and simply wires without distinct tip structures. However, the tip may also simply be the extension of the wire itself without substantial distinction in its nature. A distal tip of the wire is disposed into the vascular cavity to pack the cavity to mechanically form the occlusion within the vascular cavity about the distal tip. The distal tip is detached from the guidewire (or wire) to leave the distal tip within the vascular cavity. As a result, the vascular cavity is occluded by the distal tip, and by any thrombus formed by use of the tip.
In one embodiment, the step of detaching the distal tip from the guidewire (or wire) comprises the step of mechanically detaching the distal tip from the guidewire (or wire).
In another embodiment, the guidewire and tip (or wire) are used within a microcatheter and in the step of detaching the distal tip from the guidewire (or wire), the guidewire and tip (or wire) are longitudinally displaced within the microcatheter. The microcatheter has radio-opaque proximal and tip markers. The guidewire and tip (or wire) have collectively a single radio-opaque marker. The displacement of the guidewire and tip (or wire) moves the single radio-opaque marker to the proximity of the proximal marker on the microcatheter. At this point the tip will be fully deployed in the vascular cavity and tip separation may proceed. It is not necessary then in this embodiment to be able to see actual deployment of the tip before separation. The tip marker allows and enhances direct observation of the correct placement of the catheter tip into the opening of the vascular cavity.
In one embodiment the step of disposing the tip (or wire) into the vascular cavity to pack the cavity comprises the step of disposing a tip (or wire) having a plurality of filaments extending therefrom to pack the cavity.
In another embodiment the step of disposing the tip (or wire) into the vascular cavity to pack the cavity comprises the step of disposing a long flexible tip (or wire) folded upon itself a multiple number of times to pack the cavity.
The invention can also be characterized as a method for forming an occlusion within a vascular cavity having blood disposed therein comprising the steps of endovascularly disposing a wire within a microcatheter near an endovascular opening into the vascular cavity. The microcatheter has a distal tip electrode. The distal tip of the wire is disposed into the vascular cavity to pack the cavity to form the occlusion within the vascular cavity about the distal tip of the wire by applying a current between the distal tip electrode and the distal end of the wire packed into the cavity. The distal tip of the wire is detached from the wire to leave the distal tip of the wire within the vascular cavity. As a result, the vascular cavity is occluded by the distal tip, and by any thrombus formed by use of the tip.
The invention is also a wire for use in formation of an occlusion within a vascular cavity used in combination with a microcatheter comprising a core wire, and a detachable elongate tip portion extending the core wire for a predetermined lineal extent. The tip portion is adapted to be packed into the vascular cavity to form the occlusion in the vascular cavity and coupled to the distal portion of the core wire. As a result, endovascular occlusion of the vascular cavity can be performed.
In one embodiment, the elongate tip portion is a long and substantially pliable segment adapted to be multiply folded upon itself to substantially pack said vascular cavity.
In another embodiment, the elongate tip portion is a segment adapted to be disposed in said vascular cavity and having a plurality of filaments extending therefrom to substantially pack said vascular cavity when disposed therein.
In still another embodiment, the microcatheter has a pair of radioopaque markers disposed thereon and the core wire has a radioopaque marker disposed thereon. The marker on the core wire is positioned in the proximity of one of the pair of markers on the microcatheter when the core wire is fully deployed. The other marker on the core wire marks the position of the catheter tip.
The invention is still further characterized as a microcatheter system for use in formation of an occlusion within a vascular cavity comprising a microcatheter having a distal end adapted for disposition in the proximity of the vascular cavity. The distal end has an electrode disposed thereon. A conductive guidewire is disposed in the microcatheter and longitudinally displaceable therein. The guidewire comprises a core wire, and an elongate tip portion extending the core wire for a predetermined lineal extent. The tip portion is adapted to be packed into the vascular cavity to form the occlusion in the vascular cavity. The tip portion is coupled to the distal portion of the core wire. The occlusion is formed by means of applying a current between the tip portion and the electrode on the microcatheter when the tip portion is disposed into the vascular cavity. As a result, endovascular occlusion of the vascular cavity can be performed.
More generally speaking, the invention is a method for forming an occlusion within a vascular cavity having blood disposed therein comprising the steps of disposing a body into the cavity to substantially impede movement of blood in the cavity. The body is employed in the cavity to form the occlusion within the vascular cavity. As a result, the vascular cavity is occluded by the body.
The step of disposing the body in the vascular cavity comprises the step of packing the body to substantially obstruct the cavity.
In one embodiment the step of packing the cavity with the body comprises the step of obstructing the cavity with a detachable elongate wire tip multiply folded upon itself in the cavity.
The step of disposing the body into the vascular cavity comprises disposing in the vascular cavity means for slowing blood movement in the cavity to initiate formation of the occlusion in the cavity.
In another embodiment the step of packing the cavity with the body comprises the step of obstructing the cavity with a body having a compound filamentary shape.
The step of employing the body in the vascular cavity to form the occlusion comprises the step of applying an electrical current to the body or mechanically forming the occlusion in the body or both simultaneously.
The invention is also wire for use in formation of an occlusion within a vascular cavity used in combination with a microcatheter. The invention comprises a core wire and a detachable elongate tip portion extending the core wire for a predetermined lineal extent. The core wire is adapted to being packed into the vascular cavity to form the occlusion in the vascular cavity and is coupled to the distal portion of the core wire. The tip portion includes a first segment for disposition into the cavity and a second segment for coupling the first portion to the core wire. The second segment is adapted to be electrolysized upon application of current. An insulating coating is disposed on the first segment. The second segment is left exposed to permit selective electrolysis thereof. As a result, endovascular occlusion of the vascular cavity can be performed.
The invention can better be visualized by now turning to the following drawings wherein like elements are referenced by like numerals.
The invention and its various embodiments are best understood by now turning to the following detailed description.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTSAn artery, vein, aneurysm, vascular malformation or arterial fistula is occluded through endovascular occlusion by the endovascular insertion of a platinum tip into the vascular cavity. The vascular cavity is packed with the tip to obstruct blood flow or access of blood in the cavity such that the blood clots in the cavity and an occlusion if formed. The tip may be elongate and flexible so that it packs the cavity by being folded upon itself a multiple number of times, or may pack the cavity by virtue of a filamentary or fuzzy structure of the tip. The tip is then separated from the wire mechanically or by electrolytic separation of the tip from the wire. The wire and the microcatheter are thereafter removed leaving the tip embedded in the thrombus formed within the vascular cavity. Movement of wire in the microcatheter is more easily tracked by providing a radioopaque proximal marker on the microcatheter and a corresponding indicator marker on the wire. Electrothrombosis is facilitate by placing the ground electrode on the distal end of the microcatheter and flowing current between the microcatheter electrode and the tip.
When the tip is separated from the wire by electrolytic separation of the tip from the wire, a portion of the wire connected between the tip and the body of the wire is comprised of stainless steel and exposed to the bloodstream so that upon continued application of a positive current to the exposed portion, the exposed portion is corroded away at least at one location and the tip is separated from the body of the wire.
The stainless steel wire 10, comprised of that portion disposed within the microcatheter body, tapered section 12, reduced diameter section 16 and threadlike section 18, is collectively referred to as a core wire which typically is 50-300 cm. in length.
In the illustrated embodiment the portion of the core wire extending from tapered section 12 to second bonding location 22 is collectively referred to as the grinding length and may typically be between 20 and 50 cm. in length.
Reduced diameter portion 14 and at least part of sections 12 and first bonding location 20 may be covered with an insulating Teflon laminate 24 which encapsulates the underlying portion of wire 10 to prevent contact with the blood.
A stainless steel coil 26 is soldered to the proximate end of threadlike portion 18 of wire 10 at first bonding location 20. Stainless steel coil 26 is typically 3 to 10 cm. in length and like wire 10 has a diameter typically between 0.010. to 0.020 inch (0.254-0.508 mm).
The distal end of stainless steel coil 26 is soldered to the distal end of threadlike portion 18 of wire 10 and to the proximal end of a platinum secondary coil 28 at second bonding location 22. Secondary coil 28 itself forms a spiral or helix typically between 2 to 10 mm in diameter. The helical envelope formed by secondary coil 28 may be cylindrical or conical. Like wire 10 and stainless steel coil 26, secondary coil 28 is between approximately 0.010 and 0.020 inch (0.254-0.508 mm) in diameter. The diameter of the wire itself forming stainless steel coil 26 and coil 28 is approximately between 0.001-0.005 inch.
The distal end of secondary coil 28 is provided with a platinum soldered tip 30 to form a rounded and smooth termination to avoid puncturing the aneurysm or tearing tissue.
Although prebiased to form a cylindrical or conical envelope, secondary coil 28 is extremely soft and its overall shape is easily deformed. When inserted within the microcatheter (not shown), secondary coil 28 is easily straightened to lie axially within the microcatheter. Once disposed out of the tip of the microcatheter, secondary coil 28 forms the shape shown in
As will be described below in greater detail in connection with the third embodiment of
The embodiment of
It is expressly understood that the helical secondary coil tip of the embodiment of
Thinned and threadlike portion guidewires disposed concentrically within coiled portions are well known and are shown in Antoshkiw, “Disposable Guidewire”, U.S. Pat. No. 3,789,841 (1974); Sepetka et al., “Guidewire Device”, U.S. Pat. No. 4,832,047 (1989); Engelson, “Catheter Guidewire”, U.S. Pat. No. 4,884,579 (1989); Samson et al., “Guidewire for Catheters”, U.S. Pat. No. 4,538,622 (1985); and Samson et al., “Catheter Guidewire with Short Spring Tip and Method of Using the Samson”, U.S. Pat. No. 4,554,929 (1985).
Turn now to the third embodiment of the invention as shown in
However, platinum coil 56 is particularly distinguished by its length of approximately 1 to 50 cm. and by its flexibility. The platinum or platinum alloy used is particularly pliable and the diameter of the wire used to form platinum coil 56 is approximately 0.001-0.005 inch in diameter. The distal end of platinum coil 56 is provided with a smooth and rounded platinum tip 58 similar in that respect to tips 30 and 40 of
When coil 56 is disposed within microcatheter 44, it lies along the longitudinal lumen 60 defined by microcatheter 44. The distal end 62 of microcatheter 60 is then placed into the neck of the aneurysm and the wire 42 is advanced, thereby feeding tip 58 in platinum coil 56 into aneurysm 64 until bonding location 50 resides in the neck of the aneurysm as best depicted in the diagrammatic cross-sectional view of
After the thrombus has been formed and the aneurysm completely occluded, tip 58 and coil 56 are detached from wire 42 by electrolytic disintegration of at least one portion of stainless steel coil 46. In the illustrated embodiment this is accomplished by continued application of current until the total time of current application is almost approximately four minutes.
At least one portion of stainless steel coil 46 will be completely dissolved through by electrolytic action within 3 to 10 minutes, usually about 4 minutes. After separation by electrolytic disintegration, wire 42, microcatheter 44 and the remaining portion of coil 46 still attached to wire 42 are removed from vessel 66, leaving aneurysm 64 completely occluded as diagrammatically depicted in
The process is practiced under fluoroscopic control with local anesthesia at the groin. A transfemoral microcatheter is utilized to treat the cerebral aneurysm. The platinum is not affected by electrolysis and the remaining portions of the microcatheter are insulated either by a Teflon lamination directly on wire 42 and/or by microcatheter 44. Only the exposed portion of the wire 46 is affected by the electrolysis.
It has further been discovered that thrombus 74 continues to form even after detachment from wire 42. It is believed that a positive charge is retained on or near coil 56 which therefore continues to attract platelets, white blood cells, red blood cells and fibrinogen within aneurysm 64.
Although the foregoing embodiment has been described as forming an occlusion within a blood-filled vascular cavity by means of electrothrombosis, the above disclosure must be read to expressly include formation of the occlusion by mechanical mechanisms without resort to the application of electrical current. A mechanical mechanism which can be safely disposed into the vascular cavity to impede, slow or otherwise initiate clotting of the blood or formation of the occlusion is within the scope of the invention. The insertion within the vascular cavity and maintenance therein of an object with an appropriate blood-clotting characteristics can and does in many cases cause the formation of an occlusion by itself. Depicted in
Coil 102 has sufficient length and flexibility that it can be inserted or coiled loosely into the vascular cavity. The length of coil 102 need not be so long that the coil itself is capable of being multiply folded on itself and fill or substantially fill the vascular cavity. Hairs 104 extending from coil 102 serve to substantially pack, fill or at least impede blood flow or access in the vascular cavity. Hairs 104, which are generally inclined backwardly away from extreme tip 106 when delivered, are thus easily able to slide forward with little friction through restrictions in the vessels and aneurysm. Additionally, hairs 104 do not have sufficient length, strength or sharpness to provide any substantial risk or potential for a puncture of the thin vascular wall. The plurality of hairs 104, when coiled within the vascular cavity, provide an extremely large surface for attachment of blood constituents to encourage and enhance the formation of a mechanical occlusion within the vascular opening.
In the preferred embodiment, coil 102 is mechanically coupled to thin tapered portion 104 of wire 10 by means of a small drop of polyester 100. Polyester may be substituted for the gold solder of the previously described embodiments in order to reduce concern or risk of toxic reactions in the body.
Tip portion 104 may also be mechanically separated from wire 10 by means other than electrolysis. One method is make the connection between tip 104 and wire 10 by means of a spring loaded mechanical clasp (not shown). The clasps are retained on tip 104 as long as the clasps remain inside of the catheter, but spring open and release tip 104 when extended from the catheter. The catheter and clasps may then be removed from the insertion site. This type of mechanical connection is described in the copending application entitled, “Detachable Pusher-Vasoocclusive Coil Assembly with Interlocking Coupling”, filed Dec. 12, 1991 with Ser. No. 07/806,979 which is incorporated herein by reference and assigned to Target Therapeutics Inc. An alternative nonresilient mechanical ball and clasp capturing mechanism is described in the copending application entitled “Detachable Pusher-Vasoocclusive Coil Assembly with Interlocking Ball and Keyway Coupling”, filed Dec. 12, 1991 with Ser. No. 07/806,912 which is also incorporated herein by reference and assigned to Target Therapeutics Inc.
In another embodiment wire 10 and tip portion 104 screw into each other and can be unscrewed from each other by rotation of the catheter or wire with respect to tip 104. An extendable sheath (not shown) in the microcatheter is advanced to seize tip 104 to prevent its rotation with wire 10 during the unscrewing process. This type of mechanical connection is described in the copending application entitled “Detachable Pusher-Vasoocclusive Coil Assembly with Threaded Coupling”, filed Dec. 12, 1991 with Ser. No. 07/806,898 which is incorporated herein by reference and assigned to Target Therapeutics Inc.
In any case the specific means disclosed here of mechanically detaching tip 104 from wire 10 forms no part of the present invention apart from its combination as a whole with other elements of the invention. Specific disclosure of the mechanical means of detachment have been set forth only for the purposes of providing an enabling disclosure of the best mode presently known for practicing the claimed invention.
Even where the occlusion is not formed by electrothrombosis, separation of tip 104 may be effected by electrolysis. In such situations, the electrolysing current may be concentrated on the sacrificial stainless steel portion of tip 104 by disposition of an insulative coating on the remaining platinum portion. For example, tip 104 may be provided with a polyethylene coating save at least a portion of the stainless steel length. This has the effect of decreasing the time required to electrolytically sufficiently disintegrate the steel portion to allow detachment of the platinum tip, which is an advantageous feature in those cases where a large aneurysm must be treated and a multiple number of coils must be deployed within the aneurysm.
Notwithstanding the fact that wire 10 and platinum coil 102 in the embodiment
Further, in the previous embodiments, such as that shown in
Many alterations and modifications may be made by those having ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, it must be understood that the shape of the tip or distal platinum coil used in combination with the wire according to the invention may be provided with a variety of shapes and envelopes. In addition thereto, the composition of the micro-guidewire tip may be made of elements other than platinum including stainless steel, beryllium, copper and various alloys of the same with or without platinum. Still further, the diameter of the wire; various of the wire described above and the stainless steel coil immediately proximal to the detachable tip may be provided with differing diameters or cross sections to vary the times and current magnitudes necessary in order to effectuate electrolytic detachment from the tip. Still further, the invention may include conventional electronics connected to the proximal end of the wire for determining the exact instant of detachment of the distal tip from the wire.
Therefore, the illustrated embodiment has been set forth only for the purposes of clarity and example and should not be taken as limiting the invention as defined by the following claims, which include all equivalent means whether now known or later devised.
Claims
1. A method for forming an occlusion within a body cavity comprising the steps of:
- disposing a wire near an opening into said cavity;
- disposing a distal tip of said wire into said cavity to pack said cavity to mechanically form said occlusion within said cavity about said distal tip; and
- detaching said distal tip from said wire to leave said distal tip within said cavity without applying any force by said distal tip to any surface within said body cavity,
- whereby said cavity is occluded by said distal tip.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of detaching said distal tip from said wire comprises the step of mechanically detaching said distal tip from said wire.
3. The method of claim 1 where said wire and tip are used within a catheter and where in said step of detaching said distal tip from said wire, said wire and tip are longitudinally displaced within said catheter, said catheter having a radio-opaque proximal marker, said wire and tip having collectively a single radio-opaque marker, said displacement of said wire and tip moving said single radio-opaque marker to the proximity of said proximal marker on said catheter when said tip is fully deployed.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of disposing said tip into said cavity to pack said cavity comprises the step of disposing a long flexible tip folded upon itself a multiple number of times to pack said cavity.
5. A method for forming an occlusion within a cavity comprising the steps of:
- disposing a wire near an opening into said cavity;
- disposing a distal tip of said wire into said cavity to pack said cavity to mechanically form said occlusion within said cavity about said distal tip, and
- detaching said distal tip from said wire to leave said distal tip within said cavity without applying any force by said distal tip to any surface within said cavity,
- where said step of disposing said tip into said cavity to pack said cavity comprises the step of disposing a tip having a plurality of filaments extending therefrom to pack said cavity,
- whereby said cavity is occluded by said distal tip.
6. A wire for use in formation of an occlusion within a cavity used in combination with a catheter comprising: a core wire having a tip portion end; and a detachable elongate tip portion extending said core wire adapted to being packed into said cavity to form said occlusion in said cavity, said detachable elongate tip portion being temporarily coupled to said distal end of said core wire and detachable from said core wire without applying any force by said distal tip to any surface within said body cavity, whereby occlusion of said cavity can be performed.
7. The wire of claim 6 wherein said elongate tip portion is a long and substantially pliable segment adapted to be multiply folded upon itself to substantially pack said cavity.
8. The wire of claim 6 wherein said catheter has a pair of radioopaque markers disposed thereon and wherein said core wire has a radioopaque marker disposed thereon, said marker on said core wire being positioned in the proximity of one of said pair of markers on said catheter when said core wire is deployed, said other marker on said catheter indicating the distal end of said catheter.
9. The wire of claim 6 where said core wire and tip portion are coupled by polyester.
10. A wire for use in formation of an occlusion within a cavity used in combination with a catheter comprising:
- a core wire having a distal end; and a detachable elongate tip portion extending from said core wire and adapted to being packed into said cavity to form said occlusion in said cavity, said detachable elongate tip portion being temporarily coupled to said distal end of said core wire and detachable from said core wire without applying any force by said tip portion to any surface within said body cavity,
- wherein said elongate tip portion is a segment adapted to be disposed in said cavity and having a plurality of filaments extending therefrom to substantially pack said cavity when disposed therein, whereby occlusion of said cavity can be performed.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 15, 2006
Date of Patent: Sep 27, 2011
Assignee: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Inventors: Guido Guglielmi (Rome), Ivan Sepetka (Los Altos, CA)
Primary Examiner: Lee S Cohen
Attorney: Fenwick & West LLP
Application Number: 11/377,894
International Classification: A61B 17/00 (20060101); A61B 18/08 (20060101);