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MicroVention, Inc.

Medical device company awarded patent for embolization device

Published in Cardiovascular Device Liability Week, June 12th, 2005

MicroVention, Inc., announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company U.S. patent No. 6,878,384 for its proprietary environmentally-responsive or "smart" hydrogel called Intelligel.

This patent covers methods of making and using Intelligel and is useful for broad medical applications including a range of vascular embolization applications such as the treatment of aneurysms, fistulae and vessel occlusions.

"This patent is an important addition to MicroVention's intellectual property portfolio which now numbers in excess of 20 issued U.S. Patents," said Mike Kleine, president and CEO of MicroVention.

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