Method and apparatus for endovascular thermal thrombosis and thermal cancer treatment (US5919187)

Application Number	Filed	Pub. Date	Title
US1995000497294	1995-06-30	1998-12-22	Method and apparatus for endovascular thermal thrombosis and thermal cancer treatment
US1994000311508	1994-09-23	1996-07-30	Endovascular electrolytically detachable wire and tip for the formation of thrombus in arteries, veins, aneurysms, vascular malformations and arteriovenous fistulas
US1992000840211	1992-02-24	1994-10-11	In an endovascular electrolytically detachable wire and tip for the formation of thrombus in arteries, veins, aneurysms, vascular malformations and arteriovenous fistulas
US1990000492717	1990-03-13	1992-06-16	Endovascular electrolytically detachable guidewire tip for the electroformation of thrombus in arteries, veins, aneurysms, vascular malformations and arteriovenous fistulas


	Parent Case:			RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application is a divisional application of of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/497,294 filed Jun. 30, 1995 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,851,206, which in turn is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/311,508 filed Sep. 23, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,540,680, and entitled "Improvements in an Endovascular Electrolytically Detachable Wire and Tip for the Formation of Thrombus in Arteries, Veins, Aneurysms, Vascular Malformations, and Arteriouvenous Fistulas", which was a continuation-in-part application of application Ser. No. 08/840,211, filed Feb. 24, 1992, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,354,295, which in turn was a continuation-in-part application of application Ser. 07/492,717, filed Mar. 13, 1990 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,122,136, all of which are incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in their entirety.
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	First Claim: Show all 17 claims			We claim: 1. An improvement in an endovascular device for use within a vascular system comprising: at least one elongate, flexible, fully insulated and substantially unsupported delivery wire having a first resistance; and at least one elongate, flexible, fully insulated, substantially unsupported, and longitudinally resilient heating coil having a second resistance coupled to said delivery wire, said first resistance being less than said second resistance, wherein said delivery wire and heating coil are both electrically insulated to permit endovascular disposition of said delivery wire and heating coil into said vascular system to deliver heat to blood within said vascular system at a predetermined location, substantially all of said heat being generated by electrical current flowing within said heating coil rather than within said delivery wire, whereby endovascular thermal treatment is provided within said vascular system.
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