Methods and apparatuses for disposition of a medical device onto an elongate medical device
OwnerAnthony Vrbainventor
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Abstract
A percutaneous medical device that may include a stopper having a first end, a second end and a lumen therebetween, the stopper having first state where the lumen has a first cross-sectional area and a second state where the lumen has a second cross-sectional area less than the first cross-sectional area, the stopper having a slit between the first end and the second end when in the first state, the slit defining a gap, the stopper when in the second state having no bias to move to the first state at body temperature, the stopper having a distance of less than 3 cm between the first end and the second end and apparatus and methods of use pertaining thereto.
Claims32
A kit for the conversion of a guidewire into a distal protection guidewire, comprising:
- a distal protection member having a lumen therethrough for receiving any guidewire having a outer diameter of a certain size or less;
- and
- a stopper fixable to a guidewire, the stopper having a lumen extending from a proximal end of the stopper to a distal end of the stopper.
A method of converting a guidewire into a distal protection guidewire, comprising the steps of:
- providing a distal protection member having a distal end a proximal end and a lumen therebetween, the distal protection member having a first compact state and a second expanded state for trapping emboli;
- and
- providing a first stopper defining an inner cross-sectional area, the stopper having a first state where the inner cross-sectional area has a first magnitude and a second state where the inner cross-sectional area has a second magnitude less that the first magnitude, the stopper having an outer profile in the second state such that the distal protection member cannot pass over it.
A method of converting a guidewire into a distal protection guidewire, comprising the steps of:
- providing a first stopper in a first state to a medical facility that performs therapeutic treatments of patients, the stopper defining a lumen having an inner cross-sectional area, the first state being where the inner cross-sectional area has a first magnitude and the stopper having a second state where the inner cross-sectional area has a second magnitude less that the first magnitude, the stopper having an outer profile in the second state such that the distal protection member cannot pass over it.
A percutaneous medical device, comprising
- a stopper having a first end, a second end and a lumen therebetween,
- the stopper having first state where the lumen has a first cross-sectional area and a second state where the lumen has a second cross-sectional area less than the first cross-sectional area,
- the stopper having a slit between the first end and the second end when in the first state, the slit defining a gap,
- the stopper when in the second state having no bias to move to the first state at body temperature,
- the stopper having a distance of less than 3 cm between the first end and the second end;
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- no member having a length of greater than 10 cm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.