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US 2002/0120226 A1Published application
Fluidic interventional device and method of distal protection
AssigneeSprite Solutions
InventorRobert C. Beck
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Abstract
A catheter for injecting and extracting fluids to interact with material at a treatment site in the body.
Claims4
A method of distal protection in a vessel comprising:
- inserting and positioning an occlusion device in said vessel;
- treating a lesion is said vessel at a site near said occlusion device.
- inserting a catheter having a extraction section to a location near said occlusion device;
- supplying a fluid to said extraction section to engage and entrain debris at the site of said distal occlusion device generating an entrained flow.
- providing an extraction lumen proximal of said extraction section to receive said entrained flow.
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