Implantable blood filtering device
AssigneeMindGuard Ltd.
InventorsYuval Yassour, Ofer Yodfat, Moshe Rosenfeld, Ygael Grad, Daniel Levin
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Abstract
An implantable filtering device for implanting within an artery supplying blood to the brain, the device being made of bio-compatible material and comprising a filtering unit for entrapping plaque debris, and an anchoring member engageable with the walls of the carotid artery for anchoring said filtering unit at a fixed location with the artery. The filtering unit has a tapering shape extending between a wide inlet portion and a narrower outlet portion extending downstream, and a tap element fitted at the outlet portion for entrapping plaque debris.
Claims42
An implantable filtering device 200 for implanting within an artery supplying blood to the brain, the device being made of bio-compatible material and comprising a filtering unit 200 for entrapping plaque debris, and an anchoring member 202 engageable with the walls of the carotid artery for anchoring said filtering unit at a fixed location within the artery;
- the filtering device 200 is characterized in that the filtering unit 204 has a tapering shape extending between a wide inlet portion and a narrower outlet portion extending downstream, said outlet portion comprising a trap element 206 for entrapping plaque debris.
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