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Method and device for filtering body fluid

  • US 20020087187A1
  • Filed: 01/18/2002
  • Published: 07/04/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/08/1994
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for filtering fluid flowing through a lumen defined by the wall of an anatomical structure comprising:

  • a guidewire; and

    a filter element mounted on the guidewire, the filter element having proximal and distal ends and being expandable from a collapsed configuration when the filter element is restrained to an expanded configuration when the filter element is unrestrained, the filter element having a shape in the expanded configuration which defines a cavity having a proximally facing opening, the guidewire extending to at least the distal end of the filter element.

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