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Cerebral embolic protection assembly and method of use

  • US 20020143362A1
  • Filed: 05/28/2002
  • Published: 10/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/1997
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An aortic catheter comprising:

  • an elongated shaft;

    a cerebral embolic protection assembly mounted to said elongate shaft and positioned on said elongated shaft such that, when the aortic catheter is in an operative position, said cerebral protection assembly is positioned within a lumen of an aortic arch of a patient, said cerebral embolic protection assembly having a deployed position wherein said cerebral embolic protection assembly is configured to partition the lumen of the aortic arch longitudinally into a first fluid flow channel in fluid communication with the aortic arch vessels and a second fluid flow channel in fluid communication with the patient'"'"'s corporeal circulation and wherein said cerebral embolic protection assembly is configured to allow blood flow to enter the cerebral circulation while excluding emboli from the cerebral circulation.

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