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US 2004/0167565 A1Published application
Embolic protection filtering device that can be adapted to be advanced over a guidewire
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorsMel R. Beulke, Anthony C. Vrba, Brian J. Lowe, Thomas E. Broome, Dennis A. Boismier
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Abstract
An improved embolic protection filtering device. In at least some embodiments, an embolic protection filtering device includes a filter wire assembly. The filter wire assembly may include an elongate shaft, a tubular member, and an embolic protection filter.
Claims42
An embolie protection filtering assembly, comprising:
- a filter wire assembly including an elongate filter wire;
- a tubular member disposed adjacent the filter wire, wherein the tubular member has a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therethrough;
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- an embolic protection filter coupled to the filter wire assembly, wherein the tubular member extends at least in part through the filter.
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An embolic protection filtering device, comprising:
- an elongate filter wire having a proximal end and a distal end;
- a tubular member coupled to the filter wire adjacent the distal end, the tubular member having a lumen extending at least partially therethrough;
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- an embolic protection filter coupled to the tubular member.
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A filtering device, comprising:
- an elongate shaft having a generally solid region and a tubular region;
- an embolic protection filter coupled to the shaft adjacent the tubular region;
- wherein the tubular region includes a lumen configured for having an elongate medical device disposed therein.
An embolic protection filtering device, comprising:
- a tubular member having a length, a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therethrough;
- the tubular member having one or more notches disposed along the length thereof;
- a nosecone coupled to the tubular member adjacent the distal end;
- wherein the lumen is sized for advancing the tubular member over an elongate medical device;
- an embolic protection filter coupled to the tubular member, the filter including a fitter frame, a filtering material coupled to the filter frame, and one or more struts extending between the filter frame and the tubular member;
- and
- an elongate filter wire coupled to the tubular member adjacent the proximal end thereof.
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An embolic protection filtering device, comprising:
- a filter wire assembly;
- an embolic protection filter coupled to the filter wire assembly;
- and means for advancing the filter wire assembly over an elongate medical device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.