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US 7,001,407 B2Granted
Distal protection mechanically attached filter cartridge
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorsJames G. Hansen, Gary L. Hendrickson
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Abstract
Distal protection filter assembly and methods for coupling a filter to an elongate shaft. A filter assembly may include a tubular adaptor having a distal holding receptacle. The filter may include struts adapted and configured for being coupled to the holding receptacle.
Claims14
A filtering device, comprising:
- an elongate shaft;
- a holding receptacle coupled to the shaft;
- a filter including one or more struts that are disposed on the holding receptacle;
- and
- a sleeve disposed over the holding receptacle and the struts;
- wherein the holding receptacle includes one or more grooves and wherein the struts are disposed within the grooves.
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A filtering device, comprising:
- an elongate shaft;
- a holding receptacle coupled to the shaft;
- a filter including one or more struts that are disposed on the holding receptacle;
- a sleeve disposed over the holding receptacle and the struts;
- a seal tube attached to the holding receptacle;
- and
- one or more bearings disposed near the seal tube and the holding receptacle.
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A distal protection filter assembly, comprising:
- an elongate guidewire;
- a holding receptacle coupled to the guidewire;
- a sleeve disposed over the holding receptacle;
- and
- a filter, the filter including one or more struts that each have an end region disposed between the holding receptacle and the sleeve.
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A filtering device, comprising:
- a guidewire;
- a tubular adaptor coupled to the guidewire, the adaptor having a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen extending therethrough, and a holding receptacle disposed near the distal end;
- a distal protection filter coupled to the adaptor, the filter including a plurality of struts that each have an end region disposed on the holding receptacle;
- and
- a cap disposed over the end regions of the struts.
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A distal protection filter assembly, comprising:
- an elongate guidewire;
- a holding receptacle coupled to the guidewire;
- a sleeve disposed over the holding receptacle;
- and
- a filter, the filter including one or more struts that each include an end region that is mechanically locked to the holding receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.