Title:
EMBOLIC PROTECTION SYSTEMS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003002028
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A system for enabling the insertion and removal of an embolic protection device, for capturing and retaining embolic debris which may be created during the perfornlance of a therapeutic interventional procedure in a stenosed or occluded region of a blood vessel. The system, in an embodiment thereof, enables the device to be snap-fitted so as to engage the distal end of a guide wire, to be pre- formed for expansion thereof so as to seal off the inner surface of a blood vessel, to inhibit the forming of a gap therein, for inhibiting embolic material from passing therethrough, and to be foreshortened to enable insertion thereof through confined spaces. The system, in another embodiment thereof, enables expandable material to be formed into an 10 expandable configuration of an embolic protection device for capturing embolic material, which is capable of sealing off the inner surface of the blood vessel.
Inventors:
PAPP JOHN E
PATEL ANJUJA
STALKER KENT B
TARAPATA CHRISTOPHER
PATEL ANJUJA
STALKER KENT B
TARAPATA CHRISTOPHER
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/017802
Publication Date:
May 22, 2003
Filing Date:
June 06, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM (US)
International Classes:
A61F2/01; A61B17/00; A61M25/01; (IPC1-7): A61F2/01
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2000067670A1 | 2000-11-16 | |||
| WO2001010346A1 | 2001-02-15 | |||
| WO2001045592A1 | 2001-06-28 | |||
| WO2001049215A2 | 2001-07-12 | |||
| WO1996001591A1 | 1996-01-25 |
Foreign References:
| US6048484A | 2000-04-11 | |||
| US5733294A | 1998-03-31 |
Download PDF:
Previous Patent: WAVEFRONT CHARACTERIZATION OF CORNEAS
Next Patent: CACHETER FOR IMPLANTING A FILTER INTO A BLOOD VESSEL
Next Patent: CACHETER FOR IMPLANTING A FILTER INTO A BLOOD VESSEL