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Method of forming medical devices; intravascular occlusion devices

  • US 20020138095A1
  • Filed: 01/30/2002
  • Published: 09/26/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/08/1994
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A trap for trapping particulate material entrained in a fluid within a channel of a patient'"'"'s body, comprising a guidewire having a distal end and a basket carried by the guidewire adjacent said distal end;

  • the basket being adapted to strain the particulate material from fluid passing therethrough and comprising a metal fabric having first and second ends, at least one end of the fabric being adapted to slide along the guidewire;

    the metal fabric having a collapsed configuration wherein the first and second ends are spaced from one another a first distance along the guidewire and the metal fabric has a first diameter, and an expanded configuration wherein the first and second ends are spaced a second, shorter distance along the guidewire and the metal fabric has a second diameter, the first diameter being less than the second diameter.

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