METHOD AND TOOLS FOR THE TREATMENT OF INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS

摘要

An apparatus and method for treating a vascular malformation in a vessel, the vascular malformation having an opening. The apparatus includes an aneurysm exclusion device ('AED') that includes at least one sleeve. The sleeve includes a shape memory material such that the AED exists in a compact form in a first state and an expanded form in a second state. The AED is placed within the vessel while in the compact form and expanded into the expanded form such that the AED occludes the opening of the vascular malformation. The AED may also include two sleeves. The sleeve may also include an opening in the sidewall.