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US 2015/0032148 A1Published application
Percutaneous emboli protection sleeve
AssigneePi-R-Squared Ltd.
InventorErez Golan
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Abstract
A device includes a protection sleeve (10) and a retractable sheath (14) operatively connected to the protection sleeve (10), and a catheter (16) that passes through a main lumen (26) of the sleeve (10). The catheter (16) includes a heart valve treatment device arranged to pass into a lumen of the catheter (16).
Claims13
A device comprising:
- a protection sleeve;
- and
- a retractable sheath operatively connected to said protection sleeve;
- and
- a catheter that passes through a main lumen of said sleeve, wherein said catheter comprises a heart valve treatment device arranged to pass into a lumen of said catheter).
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A device comprising:
- a protection sleeve;
- proximal and distal end caps attached to proximal and distal ends, respectively, of said protection sleeve;
- a catheter, wherein said proximal end cap and said distal end cap are movable one with respect to the other along an outer perimeter of said catheter;
- and
- one or more manipulation elements which are attached to said protection sleeve, wherein manipulation of said one or more manipulation elements is operative to radially expand or contract said protection sleeve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.